By Richard Pagliaro | Monday, October 6, 2025
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Happy Ager-Aliassime AND Lorenzo Masetti came through close tests in Shanghai.
The duo will face the Rolex Shanghai’s round of 16.
US Seminist Open AUGER-Aliassime won 30 of the 39 points of the first service by beating the Dutch Jesper de jong 6-4, 7-5.
Canadian struck seven Aces and rescued three of the four points of rest in one hour, 40-minute victory.
Aumer-Aliasme has won 10 of his last 12 matches since the beginning of Cincinnati with his only losses coming to no. Jannik Sinner in the quarter -finals of Cincinnati and the semifinal of Open US.
Next for Auger-Aliasim is a confrontation with Lorenzo Musetti with a quarterfinal place on the line.
Musetti with eighth seed squeeze a 7-5, 7-6 (1) win over 26th seed Luciano Dardari in an all-Italian collision.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Ria_fbdj4
Masetti hit 11 aces against two double mistakes and denied six of the eight points of rest. Masetti has won four of the seven VS Auger-Aliasime meetings, including a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory in Miami last Mars.
