Correct

Off the top of my head he did lose to Norrie in Paris last year in similar circumstances

First out of the Top 10

I mean he was serving for the match vs Medvedev and was a set up vs De Minaur when he got hurt so not really

Tommy Paul ends Valentin Vacherot's 10-match Shanghai win streak 6-4, 6-2 and that concludes the Round of 32:

Zizou Bergs opens up the Shanghai draw by winning 7-5, 7⁷-6⁴ vs Carlos Alcaraz. Carlos did have bad body language at times, was struggling on return from what I saw in the 2nd set. Meanwhile Botic Van De Zandschulp upsets Arthur Fils 7-5, 6-4

Stefanos Tsitsipas wins 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 vs Taylor Fritz, looking like a longshot for Fritz to make it back to Turin this year Rafael Jodar pulls it out 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 vs Jiri Lehecka Daniil Medvedev cruises 6-2, 6-3 vs Svrcina

Casper Ruud gets past Learner Tien 6-4, 7⁷-6³ Will face the FAA-PCB winner which is currently in a 3rd set. The back seems good at least so far for Ruud which is really good news, wasn't looking good during Tokyo.

Leylah Fernandez gets past Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to start Wuhan The last couple matches in their H2H were tight 3 setters that went Alexandrova's way, Leylah finally gets a 3 setter across the line tonight.

Qinwen Zheng out of Wuhan which is not surprising at all, played a lot of long matches in Beijing to win her first 1000 title. Andreeva also out, she qualified for the WTA Finals for the first time and it does not look like she's playing either Tokyo or Ningbo so that is where we will see her next.

Monday: Shanghai starts in under an hour with FAA/PCB, Fritz/Tsitsipas, Alcaraz, Paul/Vacherot, Tien/Ruud, Jodar/Lehecka, Medvedev, and Fils all in action Wuhan gets going in literal seconds with Fernandez/Alexandrova. Sakkari/Vekic is later as is Eala and Paolini.

Shanghai R3: Jiri Lehecka vs Rafael Jodar Prediction: Jodar in 3 Jodar routinley won their only meeting back in Canada, interested to see how this one plays out. Jodar has somewhat slowed down his form since US Open, looking to get it back here, as the Race is very close for the last spots.

Shanghai R3: Casper Ruud vs Learner Tien Prediction: Tien in 3 Its good to see Ruud back in action after the back issue in Tokyo, we'll see what happens in this one

Shanghai R3: Tommy Paul vs Valentin Vacherot Prediction: Vacherot in 3 Vacherot on a 9-match winning streak in Shanghai, looking to keep it going. Tommy looking to have a late push for Turin.

Wuhan R1: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs Leylah Fernandez Prediction: Alexandrova in 3 Neither has had a great year, so this should be an interesting one coming up shortly.

Updated WTA Top 10/Race Top 8: Reaching the point of the year where there is not a huge difference between the Rankings and Race. Andreeva makes a new high of #3. Jovic makes a new high of #11, but is nowhere close 10th points wise. Rybakina is at her 5th week as World #1.

This Week's Champs: WTA 1000 Beijing: Qinwen Zheng 6th Title, 1st of 2026, 1st WTA 1000 Title ATP 500 Beijing: Novak Djokovic 102nd Title, 1st of 2026, 7th Beijing Title ATP 500 Tokyo: Carlos Alcaraz 27th Title, 3rd of 2026, Defends Tokyo Title

Updated Wuhan Draw: Noskova is already qualified for WTA Finals and is skipping the last 1000 of the year.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina wins it 7⁷-6⁴, 4-6, 7⁸-6⁶ vs Frances Tiafoe Tiafoe obliterated 2 rackets, he was match point up and in the rally and slipped, a potential key moment in the Race to Turin with how close it is