Even in the first days of competition, Shanghai Masters 2023 witnessed many surprises. On the second day of competition, both seeds, Alexander Zverev and Holger Rune, lost quickly and was eliminated early.
By October 8, the fans continued to witness another shock. This time it was the number 2 seed Daniil Medvedev. This is also the defending champion, when he was crowned in the 2019 season.
In this third round, the opponent of Medvedev is Sebastian Korda. Entering set 1, the two players create a fairly balanced game. After game 12, they drew 6-6 and had to enter a series of tie-break brain weight.
In the gun battle series, Medvedev and Kora continue to compare each other. In the end, Korda is that you win with a score of 10-8.
Set Set 2, the better the Kora plays. Right in the second set, American tennis players have break first to gain advantage. In the rest of the set, Medvedev could not reclaim the break, even losing the serve game in game 8.
In the end, Korda defeated Medvedev with a score of 7-6 (8), 6-2 and officially won tickets to the fourth round of Shanghai Masters this year. Meanwhile, Medvedev has become a former king.
