“I didn’t play well, I was lucky.”

The French Arthur Rinderknechnumber 54 of the world, gave the cimbronazo in the third round of the Masters 1000 of Shanghai. He defeated German Alexander Zverev (3rd) in three partialsecond preclassified, and got illusion in the round of 16.

In a changing game, under the relentless heat of the Chinese cement, the Galo tennis player went from less to more and frustrated the aspirations of the 24 times winner at the ATP level, which let an unbeatable opportunity to shout champion, taking into account the absence of Carlos Alcaraz and the defeat of Jannik Sinner, and added another disappointing result that fills him with doubts in the final stretch of 2025.

Concluded the triumph, which meant the SEgundo success before a top 5 (The first was also against Sascha, in Wimbledon), Rinderknech spoke on the foot of the court and assigned a large part of random final score. “I had some luck against him, I did not play my best tennis. The heat is terrible, 50% of the games do not reach the end or the players end up with cramps, “he said in references to extreme temperatures.

The German took the first set and seemed to have control of the match. However, the one born in Gassin, 30, broke for the first time the service of his rival and turned the page. “I tried to be offensive, he was solid, but I played better in the second and third set and ended strong physically.”he analyzed.

Finally, He remarked that there is a factor of chance that “is fundamental to me” And he said not to settle for this joy. “If I play a good game in two days, it will be fantastic. Otherwise, this victory would have been a bit useless.”

His next opponent will be the Czech Jiri Leheckka (19th), Verdugo of the Canadian Denis Shapovalov. All the action of Shanghai’s 1000 Masters can be followed, live and exclusive, by Disney+ Premium plan.