#NextGenATP Q2 Review: Fils Shang break new ground
pSeveral #NextGenATP stars continued to impress on the ATP Tour in recent months, with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a and a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juncheng-shang/s0re/overview" target="_blank"Shang Juncheng/a earning standout results./p
pATPTour.com looks at those in contention to qualify for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a, to be held from 18-22 December in Jeddah./p
pa rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/next-gen-race" target="_blank"View PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah/a/p
pstrongFils makes major breakthrough/strongbr /
a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a achieved his best result at a major earlier this month at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, where he reached the fourth round for the first time. The 20-year-old moved pastnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dominic-stricker/s0la/overview'Dominic Stricker/a andnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a before he survived in five sets againstnbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roman-safiullin/sx50/overview'Roman Safiullin/a./p
pFils also enjoyed quarter-final runs at ATP 500 events in Barcelona and Halle in recent months, while he lifted the ATP Challenger Tour title at the 175 event in Bordeaux./p
pimg src="/-/media/images/news/2024/07/07/01/02/fils-wimbledon-2024-saturday-2.jpg" alt="a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a defeats a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roman-safiullin/sx50/overview'Roman Safiullin/a in five sets on Saturday at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a." style="width: 100%;" /br /
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On court, the 20-year-old has put on a show and leads the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah. Off-court, the Frenchman has plans to stay in the spotlight./p
pldquo;At one point I would love to be an actor but I donrsquo;t think it is possible at the moment,rdquo; Fils told ATPTour.com at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a. ldquo;After my career maybe I would love to. Acting is super cool. I never did any acting at school but I just love it because I love watching movies./p
pldquo;I really like Michael B. Jordan. He is in a lot of great movies and it also seems a super cool life. I also really like Leonardo DiCaprio. I just love watching action movies and series. I likenbsp;Power andnbsp;Top Boy is great. Being in London, now is the time to watchnbsp;Top Boy. But I like watching actors, so who knows in the future if it is for me.rdquo;/p
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pstrongShang creates history/strongbr /
Shang Juncheng made history at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, where he became the first Chinese man to win a match at the grass-court major. The 19-year-old lefty defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cristian-garin/gd64/overview'Cristian Garin/a in the first round before he lost to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a in five sets./p
pCheering him on in west London were his parents, who were both former professional athletes./p
pldquo;When I got into tennis, as athletes they both helped,rdquo; a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com//en/news/shang-wimbledon-2024-feature" target="_blank"Shang told ATPTour.com at Wimbledon/a. ldquo;My mum played an individual sport, she knows how to compete by herself and then also having her team help her. My dad playing a team sport was a little bit different, but with physical contact, he knows how important fitness is and measures to help prevent injury, so I think it's really perfect for me as a kid to start like that in a family who understands. I'm fortunate they've taught me so many things, basically everything I know, and it's just really positive.rdquo;/p
pShang, currently third in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, also impressed on the grass in Eastbourne, where he advanced to his second tour-level quarter-final of the season (Hong Kong SF)./p
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pstrongMichelsen shines in Geneva amp; Mallorca/strongbr /
American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a is trying to qualify for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a for the second consecutive year./p
pThe 19-year-old earned his best results of Q2 in Geneva and Mallorca to boost his Jeddah chances. Michelsen clinched his second Top 20 win when he defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a en route to the last eight on clay in Geneva, before he advanced to the quarter-finals in Spain, becoming the youngest winner in tournament history./p
pldquo;Thatrsquo;s pretty cool,rdquo; Michelsen said. ldquo;I had no idea that that was going to be a statistic, so Irsquo;m super happy with that.rdquo;/p
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pstrongMensik remains in contention/strongbr /
a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/a started Q2 by advancing to the third round at an ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time in Madrid. The 18-year-old earned his second Top 10 win of the season in the Spanish capital, where he upset a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a./p
pThe Czech star then missed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a due to a right arm injury but returned to perform well on his tour-level debut on grass, reaching the quarter-finals in Mallorca. Mensik is currently second in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah and is hoping to seal his qualification spot in the coming months./p
pldquo;Before the season, I set the goal to qualify for Jeddah and to play there. I think that I'm doing pretty well so far and it would be great to play this kind of event because for us young players it is pretty exciting,rdquo; a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com//en/news/mensik-wimbledon-2024-feature-june" target="_blank"Mensik told ATPTour.com in June/a. ldquo;It is a good opportunity to see how it works and to taste something from the background of the ATP. I think that is what I want to play at the end of this season.rdquo;/p
pstrongVan Assche, Fonseca in the mix/strongbr /
a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/luca-van-assche/v0dz/overview'Luca Van Assche/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joao-fonseca/f0fv/overview'Joao Fonseca/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/henrique-rocha/r0go/overview'Henrique Rocha/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gonzalo-bueno/b0gr/overview'Gonzalo Bueno/a currently occupy spots fifth to eighth in the Live Race To Jeddah./p
pFrenchman Van Assche, 20, reached the semis at a Challenger Tour event in Germany in June, while 17-year-old Brazilian Fonseca advanced to his second tour-level quarter-final in Bucharest./p
pPortugalrsquo;s Rocha, 20, reached the title match at a Challenger Tour tournament in Slovakia and Peruvian Bueno won a trophy at that level in Chile. Fonseca, Rocha and Bueno, 20, are aiming to make their debuts at the 20-and-under event in Jeddah./p
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