In the 1st round of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai, Adrian Mannarino won this Wednesday morning against Matteo Berrettini in two sets (7-5, 7-6) and will now face Francisco Cerundolo.
There will be at least one more French present in the 2nd round in Shanghai. Indeed, shortly after the elimination of Alexandre Müller against David Goffin, Adrian Mannarino managed to win when he entered this Masters 1000. Opposed this Wednesday morning in Matteo Berrettini, the Ile-de-France won in two sets (7-5, 7-6) and 1h53 of play.
During the first round, the two players had a long game for a long time but the Italian ended up falling first. Because, after having two break balls at 3-2 then three set balls at 5-4,
The 60th in the world ended up taking the service of his opponent at the best of 6-5 moments on a white break and therefore pocketed the first set. The scenario was almost similar thereafter with this time no break ball on each side up to 6-6. It was therefore necessary to go through a decisive game to decide between them.
Mannarino has an appointment with cenundolo
During the tie-break, Berrettini lost his service once again than Mannarino who then took the opportunity to win (7-5) and thus validated his ticket for the 2nd round of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai. From now on, the Frenchman will measure himself at the Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo (21st in the world) which he has ever faced on the main circuit. Terence Atmane, Ugo Blanchet, Benjamin Bonzi, Arthur Cazaux, Quentin Halys, Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Royer will try to imitate him.
Note that the first round of the 1st round because of the leading Masters 1000 of the year 2025, Ugo Humbert and Giovanni Mpeshi Perrica now know against whom they will start their tournament. The native of Metz will face the Australian Jordan Thompson (78th in the world), winner of the Danish August Holmgren (4-6, 6-3, 6-4), while the Lyonnais will be opposed to the Italian Luca Nardi (85th in the world), who eliminated Sebastian Ofner (3-6, 6-3, 6-2).
