#NextGenATP Shang upsets Bublik for Chengdu SF spot

p Can a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juncheng-shang/s0re/overview" target="_blank"Shang Juncheng/a ride home support all the way to his maiden ATP Tour title at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/chengdu/7581/overview'Chengdu Open/a? /p

p The #NextGenATP star notched a 6-4, 7-6(8) upset against second seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-bublik/bk92/overview'Alexander Bublik/a on Sunday to reach the semi-finals at the hard-court ATP 250. Shang, the 19-year-old rising star of Chinese tennis, saved a set point at 6/7 in the second-set tie-break before wrapping a one-hour, 51-minute triumph against the World No. 27. /p

p ldquo;I guess Alex is always tricky, always a tough battle,rdquo; said Shang. ldquo;He can serve anywhere. He can put the drop shots anywhere, and overall hersquo;s an amazing player. His past results show that he can win titles, and wersquo;ve played tough matches against each other. Irsquo;m just super happy to be in the semis. [It is] my first time here in Chengdu, playing so well.rdquo; /p

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p Shang, who also defeated Bublik in the first round at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a last month, now leads the Kazakhstani 2-1 in the pairrsquo;s Lexus ATP Head2Head series. With his quarter-final victory, the home favourite consolidated his position in third in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah. Shang is bidding for a debut appearance at the season-ending a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a. /p

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p His opponent in his third tour-level semi-final on Monday in Chengdu will be a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yannick-hanfmann/h997/overview'Yannick Hanfmann/a, who defeated fourth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/pedro-martinez/mo44/overview'Pedro Martinez/a 7-6(1), 6-2 to reach his eighth ATP Tour semi-final. The German hit 26 winners to improve his Lexus ATP Head2Head record against Spainrsquo;s Martinez to 2-1./p

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