ESPNtenis.com Oct 6, 2023, 13:56 Reading: 3 min.
He Masters 1000 in Shanghai It completed its third day with the completion of the second round matches. AND Many logical results were given, but there were also others that attracted attention. Alexander Zverev (10th in the world), Holger Rune (5th), Alex de Miñaur (11th) and Lorenzo Musetti (18th), the unexpected defeats of the day.
Zverev’s surprise defeat at the Shanghai premiere.Getty Images
The great batacazo was given by Roman Safiullin (50th). Because of the magnitude of his rival, but above all because of the ease with which he did it. Without breaking a sweat, the Russian – current 50th in the world – put the brakes on Zverev, top 10 and Grand Slam finalist, who was barely a shadow and couldn’t find a way to get into the match. In a hurry and much sooner than imagined, ‘Sascha’ said goodbye to the tournament with a curious 6-3 and 6-1 in one hour and 15 minutes of play.
Another triumph that resonated on the Asian continent was that of the American Brandon Nakashima. Located in 122nd place in the ATP ranking he destroyed the Danish Holger Rune (5th) 6-0 and 6-2 to further deepen the negative streak of the Nordic, who lost eight of the last nine games and continues without finding his way in the final stretch of the calendar.
Alex de Miñaur He came with a good level of play and with the aim of going far in Chinese territory. However, at its premiere he ran into the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (91st), who rose to fame when he defeated Carlos Alcaraz at the Rome Masters 1000 last May. The Budapest native left everything on the court and eliminated the Australian 6-3, 7-5.
At the same time, The Italian Lorenzo Musetti was the clear candidate to win the match against Yu Hsiou Hsu (184th). But in tennis the favorite doesn’t always win and this was the case. The Taipei man surprised everyone and everyone with a crash in less than an hour and a half. He won with sets of 6-3 and 6-4 to meet the Polish Hubert Hurkacz in the third round.
It is also worth mentioning the new fall of Felix Auger-Aliassime (15th). The Canadian does not lift his head and has only won two games in the last seven months. This bad news makes his defeat not surprising; However, the truth is that the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (57th), located 42 places behind the Montreal-born, eliminated him from Shanghai by 7-6 (3), 4-6 y 6-3.
Another who said goodbye was the Argentine Tomás Etcheverry (31st), after losing to the local Zhizhen Zhang (60th) by 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4.
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2023-10-06 17:01:31
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