Felix Auger Aliassime recovered after letting a 5-2 second-set lead slip in his Shanghai opener. On October 10, 2026, he defeated Camilo Ugo Carabelli 4-6, 7-6(1), 7-5 in the second round.
After losing the opening set, Auger Aliassime built a lead in the second but was taken to a tiebreak. There he conceded only one point, winning it 7-1 to level the match.
The decisive opening in the final set came in the eleventh game. Auger Aliassime broke there and completed the comeback with a 7-5 set. He had found a way through the closing stages of both the second and third sets.
The fourth seed was 14th in the Live Race to Turin in the tournament’s October 10 report. In his next match on October 12, he beat Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 to reach the last sixteen.
