Stefanos Tsitsipas reached 400 tour-level wins by beating eighteenth seed Luciano Darderi 6–3, 6–4 in Shanghai’s second round on October 10. The tournament’s Infosys ATP record placed him at 400–204 after the match.
Shanghai was also where he earned win number one, against Karen Khachanov in the first round in 2017. Over the following nine years, his title count reached thirteen, including the 2019 ATP Finals, and his career-high ranking reached No.3.
The result put him in a Masters 1000 third round for the third time in 2026. Next in the draw was eleventh seed Taylor Fritz, who beat Matteo Arnaldi 7–5, 6–4 in a match completed under the Grandstand 2 roof because of rain.
