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ATP1000 second round of the Rome Masters continues.
A high-profile battle was played between Chinese teenager Shang Juncheng and host player Napolitano.
It's a battle between two veritable top 100 players, and whoever wins will set a new personal Masters high and advance to the round of 32.
Coming to the Rome Masters, Shang Juncheng started from the qualifying round, won the first round, and went out in the decisive round, and originally missed the main event.
Unexpectedly, the French seeded player Amber retired due to injury before the game, making Shang Juncheng a lucky loser.
Not only that, the Chinese youngster who replaced Amber also enjoyed the first round of disappointment and directly entered the second round of competition.
Moreover, the opponent he faced in the second round was only ranked 125, 20 places lower than Shang Juncheng, and he was awarded a wild card by the organizing committee to enter the main tournament as the host.
With all these advantages, Shang Juncheng is very hopeful to go further and reach the third round of the Masters for the first time.
In the first set, Shang Juncheng served first.
In the first four games, the two-person service game, the balance was broken in the fifth game, and Shang Juncheng's serve was the first to lose, and the opponent broke serve;
In the 7th game, Shang Juncheng bravely resolved the unfavorable situation of 0-40 and gave the opponent three consecutive break points to bite the score;
The opponent squandered it, and the good chance to expand the score was counterattacked.
On her own serve, Napolitano double-faulted on break point and sent straight to the set.
Returning to the same running line, the two held serve in the first 12 games and entered the tie-break.
In the tie-break, Shang Juncheng won a mini break as soon as he came up, leading all the way to the end, and won the first set with a small score of 7-3.
The second set was started by the host player.
In the first 3 games, both sides held their serves, and the opponent took the lead 2-1;
In the next game, Shang Juncheng made too many active mistakes and couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm at all, and was broken in two consecutive service games in the 4th and 6th games, and soon fell behind 1-5;
Entering the 7th game, the opponent served to win the set, Shang Juncheng did not resist too much, and Napolitano easily held serve with four straight points, winning 6-1 to equalize the score.
In the deciding set, Shang Juncheng served first.
Affected by the second set, Shang Juncheng's state continued to slump in the third set, and he was broken by his opponent as soon as he came up;
In the 3rd game, Shang Juncheng's serve was even worse, and the ball was returned to the net on the break point, and he soon fell behind 0-3;
The house leak happened to rain overnight, and the score fell behind a lot, and Shang Juncheng also seemed to have a problem with his right arm, so he was checked by the nurse during the break.
The general trend has gone, and the game after that has been in suspense has been gone;
In the 5th game, Shang Juncheng still failed to hold serve, and lost the serve for the third time;
In the 6th game, Napolitano, who entered the service game to win the game, successfully held serve and won the game 6-0.
In the end, after a fierce battle in three sets, the Chinese teenager Shang Juncheng lost a good game, and was reversed by his opponent in two sets while winning one set, stopping in the second round, and missing the opportunity to continue to refresh the new ranking high.
Congratulations to Napolitano on his victory, and I hope that Shang Juncheng will continue to work hard.