Overview
- Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-2 in 1 hour 26 minutes to move into the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals.
- Musetti remains eighth in the ATP Race on 3,435 points, with Auger-Aliassime up to 2,905 for a 530-point gap.
- If Auger-Aliassime wins Shanghai, he is projected to surpass Musetti in the Race and move into the mid‑3,700s.
- Auger-Aliassime dominated on serve and secured key breaks in each set, while Musetti’s unforced errors and missed break-back chances proved costly.
- The head-to-head between the two is now level at 4-4 after Musetti entered the match leading 4-3.