Shang Juncheng is a prodigy of Chinese tennis but relatively anonymous for most fans of pants over the world. He was born on February 2, 2005 in Beijing and now ranked 194th on the ATP rankings.
Relatively interesting when Shang Junkeng is a left -handed player like Rafael Nadal. In November 20022, he rise to the 184th place in the world.
Shang Juncheng had to attend the Australian tournament to expand 2023 from the qualifying round. He passed Fabian Marozsan after 2 sets and then created a shock at Fernando Verdasco (won with a score of 2-1). The victory over Zsombor Piros (with a score of 2-0) helps the tennis player from the nation to win the right to compete in the first round of Australian Open this year.
Australian Open 2023 is also the first Grand Slam of Shang Jumpeng. In the first round, he competed with Otte Oscar. Oscar Otte is 29 years old, German nationality and has been 36th in the ATP rankings in June 2022.
Experienced factors are promoted by Otte Oscar in the first set. He won 2 breaks and successfully defended the gaming games to win with a score of 6-2. However, this somewhat quick set of victory turned out to be the only thing the player born in 1993 did.
The rest of the match witnessed Shang Juncheng exploded. He won all the next 3 sets, respectively with the score: 6-4, 7-6 and 7-5 to make history.
This is the first time a player from China has won a single Australian match. “I think this victory has a great significance with Chinese men's tennis. We have good female tennis players but male tennis players have not been able to resonate.
So I think we are really lucky to become a part of history. Hopefully we can do something great in the future, ”said 17 -year -old player.
The next opponent of Shang Juncheng at Australian Open 2023 is Frances Tiafoe – seed No. 16. This match is scheduled to take place on January 18.
