The 19-year-old Shang Juncheng is a god! He reached the round of 32 of a Grand Slam for the second time and rose to 65th in the rankings

In a key match in the second round of the US Open men's singles that ended in the early morning of August 29, Beijing time, the 19-year-old Chinese rising star Shang Juncheng swept Spain's Baena 3-0, advancing to the US Open for the first time in his career and reaching the top 32 of a Grand Slam for the second time. The scores in the three sets were 6-2, 6-3 and 7-6(2).

This is the second time the pair have met in their careers, having previously beaten Shang 2-0 at this year's Bordeaux Challenger. This time again, Shang Juncheng still has the upper hand. In the first set, Shang Juncheng quickly got into the groove and broke serve as soon as he came up to take a 2-0 lead. In the 7th game, Shang Juncheng broke Baena's serve again, and then won the first set 6-2 after winning the set on serve in the 8th game.

In the second set, Shang Juncheng made persistent efforts, breaking first in the third game, and after breaking again in the seventh game, he established a 5-2 lead. Although he was once broken by Baena in the 8th game, Shang Juncheng broke again in the 9th game of his opponent's unbreakable service game, and finally won another set 6-3.

In the third set, the two sides played very fiercely, and each held serve in the first 12 games. In the 10th game, Shang Juncheng wasted 3 match points in the opponent's service game, and in the 11th game, Shang Juncheng also saved 1 break point. In the 12th game, Shang Juncheng wasted 1 match point again. In the subsequent tie-break, Shang Juncheng finally did not waste the opportunity and won 7-2, thus sweeping the opponent 3-0 to advance to the top 32 of men's singles.

This is the first time that the 19-year-old Shang Juncheng has reached the top 32 of the US Open men's singles in his career, and the second time in his career that he has reached the top 32 of a Grand Slam after this year's Australian Open. After winning this battle, Shang Juncheng received 100 points and a prize of 215,000 US dollars. The world ranking reached a new high of 65th.In the next round, Shang Juncheng will await the winner between No. 8 seed Ruud and France veteran Monfils.