By Richard Pagliaro | Monday, October 6, 2025Photo credit score: Hannah Peters/Getty
Arthur Rinderknech delivered a dose of deja vu to Alexander Zverev in Shanghai.
World No. 54 Rinderknech saved six of seven break factors toppling the third-seeded Zverev 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 on the Rolex Shanghai Masters immediately.
The victory comes almost 4 months after Rinderknech upset Zverev 7-6(3), 6-7(8), 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4 within the Wimbledon first spherical.
Winless in 13 prior conferences vs. Prime 10 opponents on laborious courts, Rinderknech posted his first profession Prime-10 win on a tough court docket. Rinderknech improved to 3-18 lifetime in opposition to Prime-10 opponents.
“That is large,” Rinderknech stated. “I had my first Prime 5 win at a Grand Slam at Wimbledon in opposition to Sascha and it occurs once more.
“I suppose I’m a bit fortunate in opposition to him and capable of play my finest tennis. I have to play my finest tennis to beat a man like Sascha, at No. 3 for a few years, such a gentle participant and an excellent participant. I’m very comfortable.”
The victory comes a day after World No. 2 Jannik Sinner retired from his Shanghai match in opposition to Tallon Griekspoor whereas affected by cramps leaving 38-year-old Grand Slam king Novak Djokovic because the highest-ranked man nonetheless standing in Shanghai.
It’s the third profession ATP Masters 1000 spherical of 16 for Rinderknech, who reached that stage in Toronto and the Paris Indoors final season.
Subsequent up for Rinderknech is a spherical of 16 conflict in opposition to Czech Jiri Lehecka.
The Fifteenth-seeded Lehecka swept Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-4.
The winner of the Rinderknech-Lehecka match meets both eighth-seeded Lorenzo Musetti or US Open semifinalist Felix Auger-Aliassime within the Shanghai quarterfinals.
