Tunisian tennis player Aziz Dougaz defeated Italian Lorenzo Sonego, the top seed in qualifying, 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-4 in the opening round of qualifying at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. The ATP 1000 tournament is taking place in Shanghai on hard court, with a prize money pool of $11.2 million. This is according to api.tennis.
The tiebreak, the comeback and the third set
The first set was decided by a tiebreak, and Dougaz came out on top there. Sonego managed to level the match in the second set, but in the decider the Tunisian again held the advantage. Final score: 2:1 in sets.
According to rank.tennis, Dougaz is ranked No. 419 with 115 points, while Sonego is No. 86 with 688 points. Before Shanghai, the Tunisian competed at the US Open, where he went through two rounds of qualifying, beating Kyrian Jacquet (6-4, 4-6, 6-4) and Federico Agustin Gomez (6-4, 6-2), before falling to Andrea Guerrieri (2-6, 4-6) in the third. In Yinchuan, at the round of 16, he lost to Reiye Komagata (1-6, 6-7(3)).