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Arthur Gea beats Ugo Humbert (No. 30) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in the second round of the Shanghai Masters on Friday 9 October, and Adrian Mannarino knocks out Flavio Cobolli (No. 6) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Quentin Halys also goes through after saving two match points against Alexander Blockx: three Frenchmen are in the last 32.
Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Shanghai Masters, played from Wednesday 7 to Sunday 18 October 2026: Alexander Zverev is the top seed, ahead of Carlos Alcaraz. Seven Frenchmen are in the draw, led by Arthur Fils (No. 8), and Ugo Humbert could face Arthur Gea in his opening match.
Arthur Gea led by two sets to love, served for the match and held a match point. He is out of the US Open all the same, beaten in 5hr 13min by the Netherlands' Botic van de Zandschulp. No French player is left in New York.
Three days were enough to empty the French draw at Flushing Meadows. Gael Monfils played the last Grand Slam match of his career there, and Quentin Halys, Arthur Rinderknech, Benjamin Bonzi and Leolia Jeanjean are all out. One French player is left in the tournament, and it is the one who had already packed his bags: Arthur Gea plays his round-of-16 match on Monday.
At Flushing Meadows on Tuesday and Wednesday, the rain ended up mattering more than the draw: three days of delays, and a first round completed forty-eight hours apart. The French leave these two days divided — two first wins in New York, four exits, and a single survivor in the third round.
Rain interrupted the final qualifying round at Flushing Meadows on Thursday, pushing it back to Friday 28 August. The last two Frenchmen standing, Arthur Gea and Hugo Gaston, play for their main-draw place there. Grigor Dimitrov is already through.