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Zizou Bergs Shocks Carlos Alcaraz at Shanghai Masters, Joining List of 2026 Defeaters
Amir Azimi
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Zizou Bergs Shocks Carlos Alcaraz at Shanghai Masters, Joining List of 2026 Defeaters

Zizou Bergs Eliminates Carlos Alcaraz at Shanghai Masters

The world number 39, Zizou Bergs, stunned seven-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz with a 7-5, 7-6 victory in China. Bergs served nine aces and won 79% of his first-serve points to claim the win. This result evens their head-to-head record at 1-1.

Bergs will next face either Tommy Paul or defending champion Valentin Vacherot in the fourth round. He is now the fifth player to have beaten the 23-year-old Alcaraz on the ATP Tour this year.

Other Players Who Beat Carlos Alcaraz in 2026

  • Daniil Medvedev: After victories at the Australian Open and Qatar Open, Alcaraz’s first loss came at Indian Wells, falling to the 2021 US Open champion. Medvedev was on a nine-match winning streak before beating Alcaraz. He later lost the final to Jannik Sinner.
  • Sebastian Korda: The American caused a surprise at the Miami Open by defeating Alcaraz 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 in the third round. Korda was ranked 36th at that time. Alcaraz said the loss didn’t shake his confidence and he felt improvement in his game during that tournament.
  • Jannik Sinner: The Italian claimed the Monte Carlo Masters title and the world number one ranking by defeating Alcaraz in the final. This win marked Sinner’s third Masters 1000 trophy of the season and helped him start a streak of five consecutive titles.
  • Ben Shelton: At the US Open quarter-finals, Shelton produced a career-best performance, overcoming Alcaraz in a grueling five-set match (6-7, 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6). Shelton praised Alcaraz as one of the sport’s greatest champions despite his young age. Shelton advanced to his first major final after beating Frances Tiafoe but lost to world number two Alexander Zverev in the championship match.

Comments from Players

"Carlos is an outstanding player, it’s very tough to play against him and I lost to him many times," said Medvedev. "Probably I will play many more times against him and lose many more."
Alcaraz reflected after his Miami Open loss, "I think the process has been good. Besides the loss today, I think I’m still on the right path." He added, "Some things in previous tournaments I didn’t feel comfortable with, but here I started to feel better and better."
On his Monte Carlo victory, Sinner remarked, "It was a bit windy, a bit breezy. Different conditions from what the tournament has brought. Getting back to No. 1 means a lot for me. I am very happy to win a big title on this surface. I haven’t done it before and it means a lot to me."
Shelton described his US Open battle: "That was a war, an epic match, so physical. Carlos is one of the greatest champions in our sport already at 23 years old. It’s ridiculous some of the stuff he comes up with sometimes – the most enjoyable match that I’ve had in my career, for sure."

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