Carlos Alcaraz, resounding knockout and no rematch with Jannik Sinner

Masters 1000 Shanghai: Tomas Machac-Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 7-5

No chance for a rematch for Jannik Sinner in Shanghai. Carlos Alcaraz, in fact, è was surprisingly eliminated in the quarterfinals by Czech tennis player Tomas Machac with a score of 7-5 7-6, after a marathon more than two hours of play.

In the first set, the balance held until the tie-break, where the world number 30 managed to be more aggressive and win the first set with a score of 7-5.

In the second set è again the Czech player got off to a better start finding the break in the third game. The Spaniard, however, did not give up and equalized again in the third game. From that moment, the two tennis players returned to playing in perfect parity and in the eleventh game è once again Machac placed the decisive stretch, which allowed him to close the set and the match on 7-5 in the next round.

So it will be the world number 30 who will be Jannik Sinner's opponent in the semifinals in Shanghai. Between the world number one and the Czech tennis player there è only one previous dating back to Miami 2024, where the Italian won with a peremptory 6-4 6-2.