The Chinese tennis player qualified for the quarter-finals of the Granby Challenger, with the Chilean left-hander on his team. With this new victory, the Asian secures a promotion of at least 20 positions and approaches the top 200.
Grandby Challenger’s solitary pitch 8 was the scene of a new exhibition by Juncheng Shang (246th) , the great promise of Chinese tennis led by Marcelo Ríos. The Asian showed no mercy to the American Colin Markes (798th), whom he beat by a 6-2 double, in just one hour and three minutes.
With the former world number one next to the field, Jerry started to make a difference in the first game, when he broke the American’s serve. A very solid game from the back of the pitch was too much for his rival, who in the whole match did not even have a chance to break. Without going any further, the Chilean student won 90% of the points on the first serve and 82% on the second. A new break in the seventh Game increased the differences.
The second set had a similar result, with Shang hitting from the line, with angled shots and plenty of quality. The backhand was a nightmare for Markes, who suffered another break early in the set. From there, it was only a matter of time for it all to end and the Chinese picked up his seventh straight win since being with the Chilean. That is, the duo continues to stretch their unbeaten record, and the tennis player claimed to climb another 20 places in the standings.
For the passage in semi-final, Juncheng will face the winner of the match between the Canadian Justin Boulais and the Australian Jordan Thompson. If he wins, the student from Ríos will be around 211th place.
duo to fear
On July 22, Marcelo Ríos and Juncheng Shang began training together, as part of a trial period that continues until today. “I had to make the contract with him on Monday (August 1), but I said no, because I want to go see these two challengers with him and know what it’s like to be there before I make a decision” expressed a few weeks ago in El Deportivo.
In any case, Ríos was very happy to work with the Chinese, since he identifies it. “He reminds me a lot of me, he’s very similar in the way he is. Never in my life have I been so impressed to see someone play. I had seen him play with Shapovalov, he caught my attention, but I didn’t really pick it up. Besides, he is 17 years old and has never had a full-time coach and has never made a pre-season. He’s 300 years old from what he’s seen. Imagine if I manage to train him or they manage to train him, the potential he has is incredible,” reflected in the same interview.
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