SHANGHAI — Third-seeded Alexander Zverev misplaced to 54th-ranked Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in his opening match on the Shanghai Masters on Monday.
Zverev, the highest-ranked participant left within the draw, seemed in management after taking the primary set however struggled the remainder of the match and could not break serve once more. Rinderknech acquired a break within the second set and two within the third to seal the victory in additional than two hours.
He additionally beat Zverev in 5 units within the first spherical at Wimbledon this yr.
Rinderknech, 30, has a career-best 23 wins in 2025 and is into the fourth spherical at a Masters 1000 occasion for the third time.
He’ll subsequent play Jiri Lehecka, who defeated Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-4.
Earlier, seventh-seeded Alex De Minaur defeated Kamil Majchrzak 6-1, 7-5 in humid situations for his tour-leading thirty sixth win on onerous courts this yr.
De Minaur, 26, broke Majchrzak’s serve 5 instances to succeed in his seventh Masters 1000 fourth spherical of the season. Two of the breaks got here after he dropped serve to path 4-3 within the second set.
“I got here into this week realizing how powerful the situations had been going to be,” De Minaur mentioned. “So the mindset in the end is surviving, discovering methods, and preparing for battles each time you step out on the courtroom. There is no such thing as a such factor as simple matches, particularly in these situations, so I am glad I used to be in a position to compose myself within the second set, get the break again, and end it off in two. If we had gone into a 3rd, it might have been very bodily.”
De Minaur will subsequent face Nuno Borges, who defeated Shang Juncheng 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3. One other win for De Minaur would see him hit 50 tour-level victories in a season for the primary time.
Felix Auger-Aliassime transformed three of 4 break factors to defeat Jesper de Jong 6-4, 7-5. The Twelfth-seeded Auger-Aliassime was helped to his ft by a ball child after slipping within the second set. He’s 10-2 in August, with each defeats coming in opposition to Jannik Sinner. Auger-Aliassime will subsequent face eighth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti, who defeated fellow Italian Luciano Darderi 7-5, 7-6 (1).
Sinner, the defending champion, trailed 7-6 (3), 5-7, 2-3 in opposition to Tallon Griekspoor on Sunday when he retired from the match due to cramps.
High-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who gained the Japan Open final week, will not be in Shanghai resulting from minor illnesses.
American Learner Tien defeated Cameron Norrie 7-6(4), 6-3.
