These are the seeded players eliminated in the second round of the Shanghai tournament
Each major tournament of the season has been filled with important and numerous surprises, and this ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai 2026 was no exception. The second round of the tournament held in China has already been completed, and thus all the seeds have made their debut. A total of 11 of the 32 players have already been eliminated.
The biggest surprises have concentrated in the upper part of the draw, with the defeats of Novak Djokovic, Flavio Cobolli, and Lorenzo Musetti being particularly shocking, but it is also notable to see players in the lower half of the draw getting eliminated in the early rounds, such as Tomás Martín Etcheverry and Alejandro Tabilo.
The parity and high competitiveness of today's tennis make it not unusual to see a third of the seeds eliminated in the early rounds. Last year, the Shanghai tournament was a chain of surprises that led to Vacherot's title; it remains to be seen if something similar happens this year or if some of the best in the world assert their status to claim the final victory next Sunday, October 18.
Seeds eliminated in the 2nd round of the ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai 2026
Alexander Blockx (27)
Andrey Rublev (23)
Flavio Cobolli (6)
Ugo Humbert (30)
Novak Djokovic (10)
Lorenzo Musetti (24)
Alex Michelsen (31)
Alejandro Tabilo (29)
Tomás Martín Etcheverry (28)
Luciano Darderi (18)
Ignacio Buse (32)
Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, 3rd round, top half: [1] Zverev vs. Halys [16] Nakashima vs. [19] Bublik [9] De Minaur vs. [Q] Sakamoto [26] Khachanov vs. Mannarino [3] Shelton vs. Gea [13] Mensik vs. [21] Cerundolo [WC] Zhou vs. Hurkacz [7] Tiafoe vs. [25] Davidovich
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) October 9, 2026
Shanghai Masters 1000 bottom half, R3: [8] Fils vs. Van de Zandschulp [12] Jodar vs. [22] Lehecka [14] Tien vs. [20] Ruud [4] Auger-Aliassime vs. Carreno [5] Medvedev vs. [Q] Srvcina [11] Fritz vs. Tsitsipas [15] Paul vs. [17] Vacherot [2] Alcaraz vs. Bergs
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) October 10, 2026
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