Bergs, KO in Shanghai: he is among the 60% of tennis players who beat Alcaraz and lose the following match

The Belgian Zizou Bergs27 years old and world No. 39, couldn’t believe he had defeated the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz at the Masters 1000 ATP d in Shanghai. He went into ecstasy when he knocked down the Murcian in the tiebreak of the second set. For him, a feat, an indelible moment, as he pointed out at the press conference.

It is not easy to manage that euphoria when the competition continues. Although in a Masters 1000 ATP now one of the advantages is the rest day between one match and another. Zizou Bergs He was able to seek more peace of mind after the ‘bombshell’ the next day, Tuesday.

However, on Wednesday he was already out of the tournament, beaten by the American Tommy Paul 29 years old and No. 18 ATP, who sharpened his teeth when he saw that Carlos Alcaraz, with whom he has lost six consecutive times, also in the last US Open, did not cross his path.

Paul repeated his victory over Bergs, whom he had already beaten in Indian Wells, in March, 6-1 and 6-2.

Bergs entered a list that denotes the difficulty of assimilating the effort, physical and mental, of beating Carlos Alcaraz in an official match. 60% of Murcia’s executioners do not pass the next round, according to the DeepCourt study.

It has been proven that only 22 of the 55 players who have won at Carlos Alcaraz during a tournament they have won in the subsequent eliminatory. Since 2024, this trend is even more pronounced, only 6 of 18 tennis players also saved the next round.

The last one to achieve it, the American Ben Sheltonwho beat the Spaniard in the quarterfinals and then left Frances Tiafoe out in the semis, losing in the final against Alexander Zverev.

It doesn’t give many opportunities either. Carlos Alcaraz to opponents other than the Italian Jannik Sinner. In this course he has won 33 of 38 matches, only his own team could beat him. Sinner, Shelton, Medvedev, Korda and now Bergs.

His record in 2025 was 71-9. And of those 9 defeats, two were caused by Sinner. No one else repeated victory over Alcaraz that year, conceding with Novak Djokovic, Jiri Lehecka, David Goffin, Jack Draper, Holger Rune, Cameron Norrie, Taylor Fritz.