Pablo Carreno Busta beat Alejandro Tabilo 4-6 7-6 6-4 in their Rolex Shanghai Masters round of 64 match to advance. The ATP 1000 event is being held on hard courts in Shanghai, with a prize fund of $11.2 million. Match statistics were provided by api.tennis.
Lost the first set, then won the next two
Tabilo took the first set 6-4. Carreno Busta levelled the match by winning the second 7-6. The deciding set ended 6-4 in the Spaniard’s favor. The final set score was 2-1.
This was Carreno Busta’s second consecutive match in Shanghai in which he lost the first set. In the round of 128, he beat Mariano Navone 4-6 7-5 6-3. He had to come from behind both times and went on to win on each occasion.
According to rank.tennis, Tabilo is ranked 30th with 1565 points, while Carreno Busta is 68th with 824 points. The player ranked lower came out on top in Shanghai.
This was not their first meeting. In Rome in 2026, Carreno Busta won 6-2 6-1. Before that, Tabilo won in Olbia in 2025 (6-3 1-6 7-6) and at the ATP Cup in 2022 (6-4 7-6).