Carlos Alcaraz was dumped out in the third round of the Shanghai Masters as Zizou Bergs recorded the biggest win of his career. Bergs defeated the second seed 7-5, 7-6 (7-4), recovering to win the second set in a tie-break after failing to serve out the match at 6-5. Alcaraz, who won the Japan Open …
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Novak Djokovic suffered a surprise second-round defeat to Hubert Hurkacz at the Shanghai Masters, just three days after winning the China Open in Beijing. The 39-year-old received a first-round bye as the tournament’s 10th seed. Djokovic had ended an 11-month wait for a title when he lifted the 102nd trophy of his career in Beijing, …
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Daniil Medvedev has won his first match since being disqualified at the China Open for hitting a spectator in the eye with a ball he had struck into the stands. Medvedev beat Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a second-round match on Saturday at the Shanghai Masters, an ATP 1000 event. The win gives Medvedev …
Coco Gauff described the past few days as “draining” after receiving racist abuse online ahead of her fourth-round exit from the China Open. The American revealed she had been subjected to an “insane” volume of racist comments and direct messages following an incident during her third-round victory over 16-year-old Sun Xinran on Monday. China’s Sun …
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