Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beats top seed Alexander Zverev 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, and Rafael Jodar knocks out Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-4, in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters on Saturday 17 October 2026. The final is an all-Spanish affair, on Sunday 18 October at 4:30pm local time (10:30am in Paris).
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Arthur Gea retires in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters on Thursday 15 October, trailing Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (No. 25) 4-1 in the first set. Two days earlier, he beats Jakub Mensik (No. 13) 7-6(4), 6-4 in the last 16 and secures his place in the top 50.
Arthur Gea beats Ben Shelton (No. 3) 7-6(5), 7-6(3) in the third round of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday 11 October, the first win of his career over a top-10 player. He is the last Frenchman left in the draw, with Quentin Halys, Adrian Mannarino and Arthur Fils all knocked out in the same round.
Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Shanghai Masters, played from Wednesday 7 to Sunday 18 October 2026: Alexander Zverev is the top seed, ahead of Carlos Alcaraz.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.
Alexander Zverev beat Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday at Flushing Meadows to win the first US Open of his career, in 3 hours 33 minutes. Three months after Roland Garros, it is his second Grand Slam title.
Aryna Sabalenka beats Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 and Elena Rybakina comes back to beat Coco Gauff 3-6, 6-4, 6-4: Saturday's women's final pits the top two seeds against each other, a first at the US Open since 2013. In the men's draw, Alexander Zverev and Ben Shelton play for the title on Sunday.
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.
The draw for the season's last Grand Slam was made on Thursday at Flushing Meadows. It is defined by one major absentee, world No. 1 Jannik Sinner, and by a brutal opening match for the leading Frenchman, Arthur Fils. The tournament starts on Sunday 30 August.