Match Report
House favorite Shang earns opening win in Shanghai
Brooksby, Bonzi, Comesana advance
October 02, 2025
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Shang Juncheng in motion on Thursday in Shanghai.
By Sam Jacot
Precisely a 12 months to the day since his final ATP Masters 1000 match win, Chinese language wild card Shang Juncheng earned one other victory on the degree on Thursday on the Rolex Shanghai Masters, the place he clawed previous Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
The 20-year-old lefty was sidelined from January till August with a foot damage however returned to Tour in Toronto in July. After reaching the second spherical in Chengdu final month, Shang captured his largest win since his return on house soil on the Masters 1000 occasion, the place he struck 32 winners to remove Kovacevic in a single hour and 57 minutes.
“This 12 months has been the hardest to date in my life however it’s not sufficient to knock me down,” Shang mentioned. “However enjoying at house feels nice, with a full crowd and everybody cheering as loud as they will for me, which supplies me a whole lot of power. As everybody says, if it would not know you down, you will come again stronger and that’s what I’m attempting to do.”
#NextGenATP Shang, who reached the semi-finals in Hong Kong initially of the season, turned the primary Chinese language participant to win an ATP Tour title on house soil final 12 months in Chengdu. Aiming to re-find his greatest degree this fortnight in Shanghai, the World No. 237 will subsequent play ninth seed Karen Khachanov.
Earlier, American Jenson Brooksby continued his good type with a 7-6(2), 6-1 victory in opposition to James Trotter. The 24-year-old superior to the semi-finals on the ATP 500 occasion in Tokyo final week and is now on the cusp of the High 50 within the PIF ATP Rankings. Brooksby, who was unranked initially of the 12 months, will subsequent play Tallon Griekspoor.
On Stadium Courtroom, Benjamin Bonzi and Czech qualifier Dalibor Svrcina superior. Bonzi overcame big-serving American Reilly Opelka 7-6(2), 6-4 to set a gathering with Gabriel Diallo, whereas Svrcina superior after Chinese language wild card Wu Yibing was pressured to retire as a consequence of damage after dropping the primary set 5-7.
Kamil Majchrzak, who reached the fourth spherical at Wimbledon, beat Ethan Quinn 6-3, 6-4 to enhance to 2-0 within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head collection and Jesper de Jong downed Chinese language wild card Yi Zhou 6-7(1), 6-2, 7-6(3). Argentines Francisco Comesana and Camilo Ugo Carabelli each superior. Comesana eradicated Ugo Blanchet 6-4, 6-2 and Ugo Carabelli reached the second spherical when Cincinnati semi-finalist Terence Atmane was pressured to retire at 4-4 within the first set.
Nuno Borges, Alejandro Tabilo and Arthur Cazaux superior. Borges beat Botic van de Zandschulp 7-6(5), 7-6(5) and Chengdu champ Tabilo defeated Marcos Giron 6-4, 6-3. Cazaux clawed previous Pedro Martinez 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
Novak Djokovic begins his marketing campaign on Friday in opposition to Marin Cilic, with Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton additionally in motion.
