{"id":12943,"date":"2023-10-10T22:54:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T22:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/marozsan-stuns-ruud-to-reach-shanghai-masters-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T22:54:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T22:54:18","slug":"marozsan-stuns-ruud-to-reach-shanghai-masters-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/marozsan-stuns-ruud-to-reach-shanghai-masters-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Marozsan stuns Ruud to reach Shanghai Masters | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The shocks kept coming at the Shanghai Masters<\/a> on Tuesday as the 91st-ranked Fabian Marozsan gave himself a belated birthday present by beating eighth-seeded Casper Ruud to reach the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

The unseeded Marozsan won 7-6 (7\/3), 3-6, 6-4 and will face Poland’s 16th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz or home player Zhang Zhizhen in the last eight.<\/p>\n

Marozsan was joined in the quarter-finals by the 26th seed Sebastian Korda, who fended off a late fightback from the 20th seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina to go through 7-5, 7-6 (8\/6).<\/p>\n

Marozsan sealed the deal against the more fancied Ruud in two hours and 38 minutes with a stinging forehand down the line on his second match point.<\/p>\n

He called his maiden Masters quarter-final the perfect present, having turned 24 on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“This is just only my second Masters tournament, so it’s kind of a new tournament series for me,” said the Hungarian, who beat Carlos Alcaraz at the Italian Open in May.<\/p>\n

“I’m really enjoying this, I’m very proud for this one,” added Marozsan, who is playing in Asia for the first time.<\/p>\n

The Shanghai event, which is back on the ATP calendar for the first time since the Covid pandemic, has witnessed several shocks.<\/p>\n

Korda, who faces fellow American Ben Shelton or in-form Jannik Sinner in the quarter-finals, dumped out second-seeded Daniil Medvedev on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Stefanos Tsitsipas, the fourth seed from Greece, lost on Monday to France’s 32nd seed Ugo Humbert in a three-set battle that stretched beyond midnight.<\/p>\n

The upsets have paved the way for top seed Alcaraz, who faces 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the last 16.<\/p>\n

World number one Novak Djokovic is not in China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n