Zverev Churns Out Win in Shanghai Masters Opener
Zverev won in straight sets and will next face Quentin Halys after Wu Yibing double-faulted five times.
- Top seed Alexander Zverev defeated Chinese wildcard Yibing 6-4, 7-6 at the Shanghai Masters on Friday, advancing to the third round despite a second-set ankle scare.
- World number two Zverev is pursuing the year-end top ranking following Jannik Sinner's season-ending injury announcement, positioning him to end 2026 atop the standings.
- Third-Seeded Ben Shelton celebrated turning 24 by defeating Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 7-6 , while Adrian Mannarino upset sixth-seeded Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 in contrasting upsets.
- Shelton will face Arthur Gea in the third round, while Rei Sakamoto defeated Andrey Rublev 6-4, 6-4 and advances to play ninth-seeded Minaur next.
- Serbian veteran Novak Djokovic is set to begin his title bid later Friday against Poland's Hubert Hurkacz, while Zverev next faces France's Quentin Halys in pursuit of the championship.
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The Germans, Alexander Zverev, today qualified Friday to the third floor of the Shanghai Masters 1,000 Tennis Championship, while the Serbs, Novak Djokovic and Italian Flavio Coboli, bid farewell to the second floor competitions.
German tennis star Alexander Zverev continues to advance to the top of the world rankings. On Friday, the 29-year-old defeated local matador Wu Yibing at the start of the Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai after a schrecksekunde 6:4,7:6(4). The US Open winner knuckled his left foot at 5:5 in the second set. After a short break, however, Zverev continued to do so. Last time in Beijing, Zverev was eliminated in the quarter-final against Novak Djo…
Alexander Zverev easily climbed into the third round of the tournament marked by the surprise qualification of Cobolli's fallen Mannarino.
Zverev churns out win in Shanghai Masters opener
A dive left the German grimacing and grabbing his left ankle during the 11th game of the second set, with Wu, ranked 113th in the world, going up 6-5. But the 29-year-old held serve and forced a tie-break, capitalising on a series of errors to win on his second match point when the home hope fired long. "Credit to him, he was playing amazing tennis," Zverev told the crowd afterwards. "He hits every ball as hard as he can," he added in another on…
Shanghai (China), 9 Oct (EFE).- The main favorite for Shanghai's Masters 1000, the German Alexander Zverev, won today in the second round of the tournament (6-4, 7-6 (4)) against Chinese Wu Yibing, who participated as a guest, and who put him in more trouble than expected. The first set passed according to the script [...] The Zverev entry is imposed in Shanghai to local guest Wu Yibing to move to the third round was first published in HolaNews.
I just don’t appreciate that kind of behavior”: Alexander Zverev criticized by his latest Shanghai opponent
Wu Yibing has questioned Alexander Zverev's conduct after losing a tight match at the Shanghai Masters, saying he enjoyed facing Carlos Alcaraz more because the Spaniard presented a bigger challenge. The Chinese player acknowledged Zverev's serving strength but argued that several incidents during t...
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