China's Shang makes history with Australian Open 2nd round win
MELBOURNE, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese teenager Shang Juncheng has made history at the Australian Open for the second consecutive year.
Shang beat India's Sumit Nagal 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday night to become the first male tennis player from the Chinese mainland in the Open era (since 1968) to reach the third round at the Australian Open.
It comes one year after Shang in 2023 became the first Chines