Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime superior to the following spherical of males’s singles motion on the Rolex Shanghai Masters tennis match on Monday.
Auger-Aliassime beat Jesper de Jong of the Netherlands 6-4, 7-5 within the spherical of 32.
The final time the Quebecer had overwhelmed de Jong was in February within the semifinals of the Open Occitanie in Montpellier, France.
Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., didn’t advance to the following spherical after he was defeated by Czechia’s Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4.
The Twelfth-seeded Auger-Aliassime will subsequent play eighth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti, who defeated fellow Italian Luciano Darderi 7-5, 7-6 (1).
Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo has additionally made it to the spherical of 16, and also will play early Tuesday in opposition to Zizou Bergs of Belgium.
In the meantime, third-seeded Alexander Zverev misplaced to 54th-ranked Arthur Rinderknech 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 within the third spherical of the Shanghai Masters on Monday.
Zverev, the highest-ranked participant left within the draw, appeared in management after taking the primary set however struggled the remainder of the match and could not break serve once more. Rinderknech received a break within the second set and two within the third to seal the victory in additional than two hours.
Rinderknech additionally beat Zverev in 5 units within the first spherical at Wimbledon this 12 months.
“This is huge,” Rinderknech stated. “I had my first top-5 win at a Grand Slam at Wimbledon against Sascha and it happens again. I guess I am a bit lucky against him and able to play my best tennis. I need to play my best tennis to beat a guy like Sascha, at No. 3 for many years, such a steady player and a very good player.”
Within the earlier spherical in Shanghai, Zverev wanted remedy on a toe damage earlier than beating Valentin Royer in straight units.
The 30-year-old Rinderknech 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 Lehecka.
Earlier, seventh-seeded Alex De Minaur defeated Kamil Majchrzak 6-1, 7-5 in humid circumstances for his tour-leading thirty sixth win on laborious courts this 12 months.
The 26-year-old De Minaur broke Majchrzak’s serve 5 instances to achieve 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 came into this week knowing how tough the conditions were going to be,” De Minaur stated. “So the mindset ultimately is surviving, finding ways, and getting ready for battles every time you step out on the court. There is no such thing as easy matches, especially in these conditions, so I’m glad I was able to compose myself in the second set, get the break back, and finish it off in two. If we had gone into a third, it would have been very physical.”
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.
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.
Prime-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who gained the Japan Open final week, isn’t in Shanghai as a consequence of minor illnesses.
American Learner Tien defeated Cameron Norrie 7-6(4), 6-3.
–with information from The Related Press
