Shanghai Masters: Fabian Marozsan Stuns Casper Ruud to reach maiden ATP Masters 1000 quarter-finals 

Fabian Marozsan stunned eighth seed Casper Ruud at the Rolex Shanghai Masters to reach his first ATP Masters quarter finals on Tuesday.

The 24-year-old Hungarian defeated Casper Ruud 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-4 in a fourth-round clash advance in Shanghai.

“I’m very happy to beat Casper,” said Marozsan. “He’s a top-seeded player here in Shanghai. I just started very good. I played one of my best matches in Shanghai. I was just happy to win the first set. Of course, the second set was not easy, he started to play much better, and the third was also a tough one. I’m really happy to beat him here.”

“It’s just about playing tennis,” said Marozsan, when asked how he kept his cool against more established players. “Carlos is a great player, he [was] the No. 1 player in the world, so they are big names. I’m just happy to play here in the biggest tournaments on the ATP Tour. I’m feeling really good here.”

The World No. 82 Marozsan stepped on court having won all six sets he had played at the ATP Masters 1000 event and book a clash with 16th seed Hubert Hurkacz who stunned Stefanos Tsitsipas or home favourite Zhang Zhizhen in his maiden Masters 1000 quarter-final.

Elsewhere, Sebastian Korda joined Marozsan in the quarter-finals by beating Francisco Cerundolo to back up the biggest win of his career against Daniil Medvedev.

The 26th-seeded American held off a late Cerundolo comeback to secure a 7-5, 7-6(6) triumph and reach his second Masters 1000 quarter-final.