Chinese tennis welcomes good news! Shang Juncheng reversed 2-1, advanced to the top 8, set 4 records, and won a bonus of 210,000 yuan. In the second round of the 2024 ATP 250 East, China's 19-year-old rising star Shang Juncheng played against Fran's Rusuwori, and the two sides played three sets, and finally Shang Juncheng won with an aggregate score of 2-1, reaching the top 8 of the grass court for the first time in his career, setting a new record.
Shang Juncheng has made a huge breakthrough this year, entering the top 100 for the first time in the world rankings, becoming the third singles player in the history of Chinese men's tennis to achieve this achievement, and together with Zhang Zhizhen and Wu Yixuan, he forms the three main forces of the current Chinese men's singles. In the first round of the main event, Shang Juncheng played against the No. 7 seed of the tournament, Argentine player Echeverri, the two sides fought in 3 sets, Shang Juncheng won 2-1 with difficulty, and in the second round, Shang Juncheng played against the world No. 37 Rusuvouri, the two sides had no previous record of fighting, so this game was an encounter for both of them. In the first set, Shang Juncheng was a little slow to heat up, Rusuweri seized the opportunity to complete the break in the first game, and then the two sides completed the hold in the next 6 games, Rusuweri led 4-3, in the 8th game, Shang Juncheng took the lead in getting the break point, but then there was a mistake, Rusuweri successfully held serve, leading 5-3 in the game, and then both sides successfully held serve, and Rusuweri won the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Shang Juncheng's state has been significantly improved, the first two games two completed each other's hold, in the third game, Shang Juncheng suddenly made a force, even held serve with a break, won 3 games in a row, and led 4-1 in the game, in the 7th game, Lu Suwoli took the lead in getting the break point, but Shang Juncheng did not panic in the face of the crisis, and completed the attack while saving a break point, and successfully held serve, in the 9th game, Shang Juncheng directly scored 4 points in a row to win, and pulled back a set with a game score of 6-3. In the deciding set, the two sides held each other's serve in the first two games, in the 3rd game, Shang Juncheng took the lead in getting the break point, and then Rusuwori returned the ball out of bounds, Shang Juncheng completed the break, in the 4th game, Shang Juncheng successfully held serve, and the game was 3-1 ahead, in the 7th game, Shang Juncheng took the lead in getting the break point, but unfortunately failed to cash, after the two held each other's serve, in the 10th game, Shang Juncheng finally cashed in after wasting a match point, and finally won another set 6-4, thus winning with a total score of 2-1 upset and successfully advancing to the top 8.
With this victory, Shang Juncheng directly created 4 records, the first of which was that Shang Juncheng reached the top 8 of the grass court competition for the first time in his career; In the second event, Shang Juncheng reached the top 8 of the Saiist station for the first time in his career; In the third event, Shang Juncheng became the second Chinese men's singles player to reach the top 8 of the grass court tournament, the first being Zhang Zhizhen; Fourth, this is the second time in Shang Juncheng's career that he has reached the top 8 of the tour. In addition, Shang Juncheng also gained 50 points, and the instant world ranking reached 90th, which is expected to reach a new high, and also received a bonus of 28,175 euros, which is equivalent to about 210,000 yuan. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.