"The second generation of body" Shang Juncheng reached the Grand Slam main match [2023 Australian Open Men's Singles Qualifying Dust Settled 17-year-old teenager defeated Pylos to advance to the main match]

　　On January 12, the 2023 Australian Open men's singles qualifying match was settled.

The 17-year-old Chinese tennis star Shang Chengcheng defeated Pylos 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the Australian Open.

This is the first time for Shang Chengcheng to participate in the Grand Slam qualifying round and advance to the main draw.

Shang Juncheng's parents are Shang Yi, a former Guoan player, and Wu Na, a former national table tennis player. The son of this famous player has written a new chapter for the Chinese mainland men's tennis.

　　minor record

　　Shang Juncheng, who will turn 18 in February this year, is not the first time to write history for Chinese men's tennis.

In the 2022 season, his world ranking entered the top 200 for the first time, becoming the first post-2005 player in the professional tennis circle to break through the top 200.

Now he has brought new breakthroughs to the Chinese Men's Net.

　　In this Australian Open qualifying match, Shang Chengcheng performed better in each of the three matches.

"The replay of these three qualifying matches must be the second one that puts the most pressure on me." Shang Juncheng said, "Vordasco is a very experienced player. He has played the Australian Open more than a dozen times. The expectation is that I want to learn from the veterans and play at my own level."

　　In that game, after Xiao Shang and the veteran each played a good game, the two sides returned to a balance of power.

"There was a group of Spanish spectators on Verdasco's side, who were especially supportive and encouraged the veteran's momentum." Xiaoshang recalled, "I tried to adjust my mentality and told myself not to rush to win the game. That patience helped Xiaoshang win the 39-year-old with a forehand winner.

　　When it came to the third qualifying round, Xiaoshang thought it was his best performance in the three rounds.

"At the last moment, I had twists and turns, because I thought I was about to qualify for the Australian Open, and there were ups and downs." Xiaoshang said.

After his first serve to win the game was broken, Xiao Shang returned to the sidelines and took out a note.

"I prepared it in advance, and the small note said to tell myself to enjoy the game, adjust my mentality, and play more devotedly." In this way, the young player who is less than 18 years old created a new record for Chinese men's tennis in mainland China.

　　Pre-match rhetoric comes true

　　The 2023 Australian Open welcomes an unprecedented 10 Chinese tennis players, including 7 female players and 3 male players.

Apart from Zhang Zhizhen and Wu Yibing, Shang Juncheng is the only one who needs to participate in the Australian Open qualifying round.

Before the game, Xiaoshang uttered bold words to his two elder brothers.

"I told my two brothers before the game that you are waiting for me in the main game. I will look for you after three games. I am very happy. What I said before has come true."

　　As a player participating in the Adult Grand Slam for the first time, the pressure and challenges Shang Juncheng faced were unmatched by his previous opponents.

Fortunately, Shang Juncheng improved his ability as the intensity of the competition increased.

"Overall, my offensive and defensive abilities, as well as my ability to adjust the game, are getting better every game," Xiaoshang said.

　　Xiaoshang knows how to relieve stress.

Talking about his season goals, he will say that he will not set any specific numerical goals: "My goal is to play well for a whole year, and there are no other specific requirements for numerical rankings." On the other hand, the 17-year-old The teenager fully understands where the shortcomings are. "As a new player, my advantage is that other than speed, I must be unfamiliar with others. My disadvantage is that I am young, and my strength and physical fitness are not as good as others."

　　For this reason, Xiaoshang arranged a lot of physical fitness and strength training during the winter training period. "I am very focused on strength training, and strength and physical fitness are my shortcomings. I also added small strength training methods." Talking about the next In the main match of the Australian Open, Xiaoshang said that he would work hard to allocate his physical energy, "Next, I will play the Grand Slam for the first time in five sets and three best. I need to improve my ability to allocate physical energy. After all, it is my first Participating in a Grand Slam for the first time."

　　Expectations are high after the star

　　Shang Juncheng is a typical "body second generation" in China.

His father, Shang Yi, was once the hopeful star of the Chinese men's football team, and later played for the Beijing Guoan football team; his mother, Wu Na, was selected for the national table tennis team in 1990.

Their love crystallization business has been completed, and now they are also pushing China's men's net to a new height.

　　Shang Juncheng vaguely has the sports genes of his parents.

At the age of 14, Shang Yi was selected into the Jianlibao Youth Team of the Chinese Men's Football Organization and went to Brazil, the football kingdom, to learn skills.

Shang Yi was the youngest player on the team at the time.

Wu Na was selected into the national table tennis team as early as 1990.

Yao Guozhi, the coach of the national youth women's team, commented on Wu Na: "The style of play is fierce, and there is great potential for development."

　　As the "second generation of body", Shang Juncheng is born with better sports genes, but also bears more pressure.

Previously, with the help of his parents, Xiaoshang chose tennis as his career direction early on.

His father, Shang Yi, regards Shang’s career as his own. In the early days, Xiaoshang’s team consisted of himself and his father. Since then, the small team has gradually attracted the attention of more professional coaches. Rios, the former world No. 1 and Chilean lone wolf Openly expressed appreciation for Xiaoshang.

　　It's a pity that this teacher-student relationship ended in an unharmonious way.

Now that Xiaoshang has a new coach, he is also willing to talk about the previous coaching topic, "Coach needs to be adjusted. I have contacted three coaches, and all of them are very good coaches. Different coaches and players have different ways of getting along. Dao. I couldn’t continue with the first two, because our ideas are different, and now coach Danfei, our ideas are very consistent.”

　　Xiaoshang said that the team welcomes two newcomers in the new season.

"My new coach is Dan Fei, who has coached Kei Nishikori and Dimitrov before. He is a very positive person. During training, he would encourage me and say, 'You have to enjoy tennis, don't treat it as a Work. That way you can love the sport 100 percent.' The physical trainer is also new, and it worked really well with me."

　　In fact, the most important part of Xiaoshang's team has never changed, and that is his parents.

Xiaoshang said that he and his parents have talked about everything so far, "From life to tennis, they will help me analyze and relieve my pressure. Because they were athletes before, they know more about competitive sports than me. I will Chat with them often to resolve my doubts."

　　The 2023 Australian Open will open on the 16th. After Shang Chengcheng entered the Grand Slam at the age of less than 18, he will face Oster in the first round.

The characteristic of young people is that they only look forward.

Xiaoshang didn't want to talk about the achievements and significance, but said that he would study the next opponent with the coach.

"I will try my best to play my own tactics and adjust my thoughts and thinking. I think ideas are more important than tactics." Needless to say, the glory of the young player is still ahead.

　　Text/Reporter Chu Peng

　　Coordinator/Durui

　　"Beijing Youth Daily" January 14, 2023, page A10