Shanghai Masters 2026 Day One Recap

The 2026 Shanghai Masters commenced on Wednesday at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena with round-of-128 action. Daniel Altmaier secured the day's biggest upset by battling back from a set down to defeat Holger Rune 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4 in two hours and 14 minutes. Matteo Berrettini and Tomas Machac also mounted three-set comebacks to advance to the second round.

Berrettini hit 23 aces to overcome Aleksandar Kovacevic, setting up a second-round match with Brandon Nakashima, while Machac halted a five-match losing skid by eliminating Zhizhen Zhang. Elsewhere, Arthur Fery defeated Marin Cilic in straight sets, and home favourite Yibing Wu defeated Michael Zheng 6-3, 7-6(6) to book a clash against top seed Alexander Zverev.