ATLANTA/STARNBERG, July 26, 2024

For the second consecutive year, Chinese teenager Juncheng Shang has eliminated home favorite and top seed Ben Shelton from the Atlanta Open. The 19-year-old secured a 7-6(6), 6-4 victory on Thursday night, defeating the World No. 14 for the biggest win of his career.

Shang withstood 13 aces and capitalized on two of his four break-point chances to advance to his third career quarterfinal on the ATP Tour after one hour and 38 minutes.

He’s a star 🌟

19-year-old Shang Juncheng takes out top seed Shelton 7-6(6) 6-4 in Atlanta – improving to 3-0 against him!@ATLOpenTennis pic.twitter.com/h7m5WYJqvU

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 26, 2024

“It was a really tough match,” Shang said after improving to 3-0 in his head-to-head record against Shelton. “The conditions are completely different from last year. The courts are much slower. But with this crowd, I really enjoy playing here. I don’t know what I did to play so well against Ben but he’s such an amazing guy, a lot of respect to him.”

The World No. 89 will next take on eighth-seeded Australian Max Purcell, who was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over David Goffin from Belgium. The encounter lasted one hour and one minute.

RESULTS – JULY 25, 2024

Singles – Second Round

[Q] J. Shang (CHN) d [1] B. Shelton (USA) 7-6(6), 6-4

[3] F. Tiafoe (USA) d A. Karatsev 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

[4] J. Thompson (AUS) d [LL] H. Mayot (FRA) 6-2, 7-5

[5] [WC] A. Davidovich Fokina (ESP) d [SE] R. Opelka (USA) 7-5, 7-5

[8] M. Purcell (AUS) d D. Goffin (BEL) 6-3, 6-3

Y. Nishioka (JPN) d M. McDonald (USA) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles- Quarterfinals

[2] N. Lammons (USA) / J. Withrow (USA) d E. King (USA) / R. Stalder (USA) 6-4, 6-7(7), 10-6

[PR] W. Blumberg (USA) / M. Daniell (NZL) d [Alt] T. Schoolkate (AUS) / A. Walton (AUS) walkover

Doubles – First Round

[3] J. Cash (GBR) / R. Galloway (USA) d [PR] C. Harrison (USA) / F. Martin (FRA) 6-3, 5-7, 11-9

A. Goransson (SWE) / S. Verbeek (NED) d [WC] K. Chopra (USA) / A. Martin (USA) 6-4, 7-5

[PR] W. Blumberg (USA) / M. Daniell (NZL) d V. Kirkov (USA) / A. Rinderknech (FRA) 3-6, 7-5, 10-4