The tennis season is coming to an end, a time traditionally conducive to surprises. Without a doubt, this is what is happening at the Shanghai Masters 1000, where the favorites are dropping like flies.
If in the second round (the seeds were exempt from playing the first) Alexander Zverev (9) and Holger Rune (3) said goodbye, in third it was the turn of Daniil Medvedev (2), Taylor Fritz (7) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (4)who still seems like a shadow of the tennis player he was.
This Tuesday comes the turn of the round of 16, and the first match of the day has already left us the first surprise. Casper Ruud (8) was surprised by Fabian Marozsanwhich was won by 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4.
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The Hungarian, Carlos Alcaraz’s executioner in the last Masters 1000 in Romehas put together a sensational performance against a powerless Ruud who still hasn’t found his best version after reaching the Roland Garros final at the beginning of June.
The match, which lasted 2 hours and 38 minutes, was settled in three sets, the first of which was broken in the tie break, where Ruud only got three points; The Norwegian took second (6-3) but finally fell in the third set (4-6).
Marozsan, ranked 91st in the international rankings, thus becomes the first to qualify for the quarterfinals, where must face the winner of the duel between the Polish Hubert Hurkacz and the Chinese Zhizhen Zhangwhich will close the day.
Thus, The tournament seems destined for a final between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. The man from Murcia faces Grigor Dimitrov this Wednesday, and his opponent in the quarterfinals would be the winner of the match between Nicolás Jarry and Diego Schwartzman. Andrey Rublev or Tommy Paul would wait in a hypothetical semifinals.
For his part, Sinner seeks a place in the quarterfinals against Ben Shelton, with Sebastian Korda as a possible rival. Hubert Hurkacz or Marozsan would be his last obstacle before the expected duel with Alcaraz.
2023-10-10 08:13:06
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