Pablo Carreno Busta beat Mariano Navone 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the round of 128 at the Rolex Shanghai Masters to reach the second round. The ATP Masters 1000 tournament is being played on hard courts in Shanghai, with a prize fund of $11.2 million (source: api.tennis).
How the match unfolded
The Argentine took the first set, with Navone winning 6-4. Carreno Busta leveled the match by taking the second set 7-5. The Spaniard maintained his advantage in the deciding set and closed out a 6-3 win. He won the match 2-1 in sets.
According to the rank.tennis rankings, Navone is 45th with 1151 points, while Carreno Busta is 68th with 804 points. The lower-ranked player came out on top. Neither player was seeded.
Before Shanghai
Before Shanghai, Carreno Busta competed at the China Open. He came through two qualifying rounds, beating Yi Zhou 7-5, 6-3 and Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-4. In the main draw, he lost to Daniil Medvedev 4-6, 2-6 in the round of 32. Navone lost to Alex de Minaur 6-7, 2-6 in the round of 32 at the China Open. Before that, he beat Matteo Berrettini 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 in the round of 64 at the US Open.
The players had met before. In 2024, Carreno Busta beat Navone 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 at Roland Garros. The Shanghai match gave the Spaniard another win, and he will now continue in the second round.