On July 26, Beijing time, in the second round of the ATP 250 men's singles competition, Shang Juncheng challenged Sheldon, and finally Shang Juncheng swept Sheldon 7-6 (6), 6-4, breaking out a big upset, a great victory, achieving a record of winning all three matches of the opponent, and entering the top 8 strongly!
Shang Juncheng is a post-00 genius boy in China, his parents are retired athletes, Shang Juncheng has also inherited his parents' good sports genes, and has been steadily improving in recent years, from the previous 200, and is currently ranked 89th. In this Atlanta tournament, Shang Juncheng started from the qualifying round, and after entering the main match, Shang Juncheng continued to be in good form, and only lost 2 games in the first round to sweep Martin and reached the round of 16.
Sheldon is the tournament's top seed and is ranked 14th in the world, so in terms of rankings, Sheldon is even stronger! However, in the previous 2 encounters between the two, Shang Juncheng won both times, from this point of view, Shang Juncheng is actually not afraid of Sheldon, even if Sheldon is fighting at home, but Shang Juncheng has every hope of breaking out a big upset again.
In the first set, both men held serve for 5-5 in the first ten games, and then broke serve to make it 6-6. In the tie-break battle, Sheldon led 4-2 at the beginning, but Shang Juncheng completed the reversal 8-6 and led 1-0. In the second set, the two held serve all the way, 5-4 after Shang Juncheng held serve in the 9th game, and in the 10th game, Shang Juncheng got consecutive match points 40-0, and it was a smooth break, 6-4 won another set, and swept Shelton 2-0.
After the game, Shang Juncheng also smiled happily and jumped excitedly to celebrate! In the next quarterfinals, Shang Juncheng will challenge No. 8 seed Purcell. Congratulations on the completion of the business!