Tomas Machac stuns Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(5) 7-5 in the quarter in Shanghai on Thursday. Machac will face Jannik Sinner in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes.
Tomas added to his prize money $ 140,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 325,000 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Tomas will add $ 260,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 585,000.
Highlights Tomas Machac vs. Carlos Alcaraz Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:54
At the end of the match, Tomas scored 81 points vs. Alcaraz’s 79.
Machac
Tomas didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4).
Alcaraz
On the other side, the Spaniard had a tough time converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Machac and Alcaraz is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Tomas Machac vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Machac will fight against Sinner in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Tomas Machac and Jannik Sinner clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sinner won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Miami back in March 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The Czech won the set after he broke the Spaniard .
They played 96 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Czech won this set even if he scored less points 6 than Carlos (45-51). The Czech surrendered 18 points on serve (32-18). In addition, on the other side, Carlos conceded 13 points on serve (33-13).
Machac won the set after he broke the Spaniard in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, the Czech maintained the focus to conquer the set 7-5.
Tomas converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 65 points. Tomas was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than the Spaniard (36-29). Tomas surrendered 13 points on serve (25-13). on the other side of the court, Alcaraz conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-1 6-4)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (7-65 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – David GoffinGoffin (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H details and stats
