On March 24, Beijing time, the first round of the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters began to compete, and the Chinese young player Shang Cheng, who competed with a wild card, played against Kudra, a local player who just won the Phoenix Challenge last week. In the end, after a fierce battle in three sets, Shang Juncheng missed the opportunity to serve and win the game in the second set, and was eliminated by the opponent in the three sets of hard fighting, regrettably missing the first victory in the main tournament of the individual tour.
In the first eight sets of the match, both sides saved serves, and the innings came to 4-4. In the 9th set, Shang Cheng lost the serve and the opponent broke the serve to win the set 5-4. In the 10th set, Shang Cheng withstood the pressure to break back, after which both sides saved the serve, and the first set was dragged into the seventh. The seven-set business finished leading the way, winning the first set 7-3.
In the second set, Shang Cheng missed two consecutive break point opportunities in the third set, and in the fourth set Shang Cheng scored five consecutive points to save his serve after falling behind 0-40 in the set. In the 9th set, Shang Cheng completed the key break in the opponent's serve and won the set 5-4. In the 10th set, Kudra withstood the pressure to complete the comeback and chase the set to 5-5. In the 11th set, Shang Cheng missed a break point opportunity and the opponent took a 6-5 lead. In the 12th set, Kudra scored a key break to win the second set 7-5.
In the decider, Shang Cheng was broken in the 2nd set, and in the 3rd set he quickly completed the break, and then saved the serve and chased it to 2-2. In the 7th set, the player broke the opponent's serve again, but then in the 8th set, Kudra cashed in on the fourth break point and stubbornly chased it to 4-4. In the 10th set, Shang Cheng was broken in a set that had to be guaranteed, and the decider was handed over 4-6.
In the end, in a match that took 2 hours and 58 minutes, The world's 84th-ranked Kudra defeated the Chinese teenager Shang Chengcheng with a 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-4 reversal, and struggled to make it to the second round. In the next round, Kudra will be the 19th seed Sonego. The young general Shang Cheng has no fear in the face of the TOP100, and although he regrets being out, he can look forward to the future.