The Chinese men's tennis hope star Shang Cheng, who held a wild card to participate in the Indian Wells qualifiers, has now gone further after defeating the world's top 100 players in the first round in two sets, Argentina's Celendoro, and has also reached the main tournament for the first time due to the withdrawal of opponent Moran.
Shang Juncheng's performance immediately triggered a heated discussion in domestic public opinion. The boom is comparable to a Chinese men's tennis player winning the Masters or winning a Grand Slam.
Shang Juncheng's creation of his own historic moment on the tour is certainly gratifying, but it is far from ecstatic.
Celendoro, who lost to Shang in the first round, was born in 1998 and is 23 years old, very young. The Rising Argentine star, who set his new world ranking record just two weeks ago, broke into the top 100 of men's tennis, ranking 76th.
If you look closely at Serentolo's record, you will find that this is a typical clay-based player, and he does not play much in the hard court. So far, of the 13 ATP Challenge and ITF Hope championships he has won, only one has come from hard courts.
For such a player, even if he fell under the photograph of Shang Juncheng, there was nothing surprising. Ranking doesn't mean anything, because he really isn't competitive on the hard ground. On the other hand, Shang Juncheng is different, and he participates in many times the hard-court competitions of the opponent.
Even if his opponent is not Shang Juncheng, if he changes someone else, it is still possible to win him on the hard ground.
In addition, although Cerundoro is currently ranked in the top 100 men's rankings, his strength does not match the rankings. He has rarely performed well against the rest of the world's top 100 players, and the number of victories over them is even more numerous. Extrapolating from this, Therendoro's strength is also around 200, which is far from being a strong player.
Moreover, carefully analyzing Therendoro's match against Shang Juncheng, he did not play well, and there were many mistakes.
Although Shang Juncheng's performance is better than Thatrendoro's, it is obvious that this is the biggest shortcoming of shang juncheng at the two levels of serve and forehand that can best show the strength and speed of men's players, and there is a certain gap compared with Cerundoro. In the future, these aspects will require the Chinese young general to train diligently and make up for it effectively.
Although this victory was his first victory over the top 100 players in the ATP for Shang Juncheng, it was a huge breakthrough, and it also proved that his persistence and hard work for so long had finally paid off, which was of great significance to his future growth. But this does not mean that Shang Juncheng already has the capital to compete with the world's top 100 players.
To the surprise of netizens, shang cheng's opponent in the next round, Germany's 30-year-old Moran, has retired, and Shang Juncheng, who received this retirement gift, will also officially enter the ATP1000 main event, once again creating the best result of the individual tour.
It was thought that Shang Juncheng would face the German veteran Moran and would face a bitter battle, and may even stop the qualifiers. Because Moran just won last week's Turin Hardcourse Challenge in Italy, it can be said that he is in good shape. I didn't expect that heaven was so particularly fond of hard-working people, and finally moran once again forced shang to complete the journey in the form of withdrawal, realizing the moment that the Chinese youngster dreamed of, and finally boarded the main stage of the Masters and was able to pass the tricks with the masters.
In fact, Moran's retirement, although Shang Juncheng's dream of entering the tour tournament came true, under careful consideration, it is still a pity. Moran is very strong in the hard court, and if Shang Cheng cheng fights him, he will better test his current hard court strength and get a lot of exercise value.
Of course, it is certainly a gratifying thing that 17-year-old Shang Juncheng can enter the Masters level for the first time, indicating that he has broken through himself. No matter what kind of performance he has next, whether he wins or loses against other players who rank higher than him, he has achieved the purpose of his trip, that is, to enhance confidence and rich game experience by participating in higher-level competitions, and it is not a waste of this precious wild card.
Next, as long as Shang Juncheng polishes his technical details and then focuses on making up for the shortcomings, the future can definitely be expected. (Source: House of Tennis Author: Starry Sky of The Moon River)