China News Service, Beijing, March 10th. On the 10th, Beijing time, in the final round of the men's singles qualifying match of the ATP Indian Wells Masters, 17-year-old Chinese teenager Shang Juncheng won the first set 6:3, and his opponent Moran. Withdrew from the competition, Shang Juncheng successfully advanced to the main competition.
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Shang Juncheng made a lot of history by qualifying for the Indian Wells Masters.
He became the first player in mainland Chinese tennis history to pass the qualifying test and enter the main game of the Masters, and also the first player from mainland China to enter the main game of the Indian Wells Masters.
At the same time, Shang Juncheng is also the youngest Indian Wells player since Donald Young in 2006, the youngest Indian Wells men's qualifier since the tour started in 1990, and Nadal, 16 since Hamburg in 2003. Youngest qualifier since the Masters.
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