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  • Hanfmann defeated Majchrzak 6:7, 7:6, 7:6 in the opening round, with the serving player winning all 36 games played.

  • Majchrzak saved two match points at 5-5 in the final tie-break before Hanfmann converted his third opportunity to win 9-7.

Photo: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)

In their first career meeting at an ATP event, world number 57 Yannick Hanfmann defeated 70th-ranked Kamil Majchrzak 6:7 (4-7), 7:6 (7-3), 7:6 (9-7) in the first round of the Shanghai tournament. Neither player dropped serve across all 36 games, sending every set to a tie-break. Majchrzak secured the opening set tie-break after winning five consecutive points. Hanfmann leveled the contest in the second set, building an early 4-1 lead in the tie-break before closing it out.

The deciding tie-break stood tied at 5-5 after ten points. Hanfmann moved ahead to create match points, and while Majchrzak saved two of them, Hanfmann converted his third opportunity to take the set 9-7 and finish the match. In other tournament action, Poland's Hubert Hurkacz is scheduled to begin his campaign on Thursday against Australia's James Duckworth, with the winner advancing to face Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the second round.

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  • NIEZALEZNA.PLon 7 Oct at 11:23Majchrzak był o krok od zwycięstwa. Dramatyczny koniec meczu w Szanghaju
Yannick Hanfmann
German tennis player ranked 57th who won the first-round match in Shanghai
Kamil Majchrzak
Polish tennis player ranked 70th who lost in three tie-breaks
Hubert Hurkacz
Polish tennis player scheduled to start tournament play on Thursday
James Duckworth
Australian tennis player scheduled to play Hubert Hurkacz
Novak Djoković
Serbian tennis player awaiting the winner of Hurkacz and Duckworth in round 2

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Published on 7 Oct at 17:59.

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Tennis · Shanghai

Yannick Hanfmann edges Kamil Majchrzak in three tie-break Shanghai opener

Germany's Yannick Hanfmann defeated Poland's Kamil Majchrzak in a three-set opening-round match at the ATP tournament in Shanghai, with every set decided by a tie-break.

AI text based on reports by NIEZALEZNA.PL. Published on 7 Oct at 17:59.

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