Thomas Machak caused a big upset by defeating Carlos Alcaraz

Thomas Machak caused a major upset by defeating world number two Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament. World number 33 Thomas defeated Alcaraz 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 after a tough match. In the first set, the Czech Republic players kept Alcaraz under constant pressure.

Alcaraz failed to take advantage of two break points in the first set tiebreaker that lasted almost an hour. In the last four match, Thomas will face world number one Jannik Sinner, who defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-1, 6-4 in the other quarterfinal. It took Sinner one hour and 24 minutes to win the match. In another round-of-16 match, Jakub Mancic defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to enter the quarter-finals and will now face world number four Novak Djokovic of Serbia. .