On the evening of May 11, Beijing time, the good news of the 2024 Rome Masters came, and after two and a half hours of fierce battle, Chinese teenager Shang Juncheng was defeated by Napolitano in three sets 7-6 (3), 1-6, 0-6 and missed the top 32!
Teenager Shang Juncheng is in good form in the new season, reaching the semifinals in Hong Kong and advancing to the round of 32 at the Australian Open. Coming to the clay season, passing the first round of the Madrid Masters. As a qualifier in the Rome Masters, he lost to Berges in the deciding round 0-2, and Berges lost to Nadal 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 in the first round of the main event. At the same time, because of the withdrawal of seeded player Amber, Xiao Shang directly parachuted into the second round of the main tournament as the lucky loser to face the local player Napolitano who participated in the tournament with a wild card. Winning this game, Shang Juncheng can lock up the top 100.
In the first set, the two sides competed fiercely, and Shang Juncheng stubbornly brought the game into a tie-break when he was 2-4, 0-40 behind. The small and medium-sized businessmen who grabbed seven became more and more courageous, and won 7-3. 7-6 to the next city.
In the second set, Shang Juncheng was fully suppressed, only holding serve for one game, and lost quickly 1-6.
In the deciding set, Shang Juncheng played worse and worse, and he was not competitive at all, and swallowed eggs directly 0-6.
Shang Juncheng failed to catch the splashing wealth, the whole game was not stable enough, and the ability to grasp the opportunity was still much worse, especially the desire to win and the mental state was not good, and the young player still needs to sharpen a lot!