Published: 10:06, January 3, 2025
Top seed Rublev shocked at ATP Hong Kong Open
By Xinhua
Russia's Andrey Rublev returns the ball to Spain's Carlos Alcaraz during their singles tennis match of the ATP World Tour Finals at the Inalpi Arena, in Turin, Italy, Nov 13, 2024. (PHOTO / AP)

HONG KONG - Top seed and defending champion Andrey Rublev of Russia suffered a surprising defeat to Hungary's Fabian Marozsan in the second round of the ATP Hong Kong Open on Thursday.

The world No 8 fell to 58th-ranked Marozsan 5-7, 6-3, 3-6 after a match that lasted one hour and 58 minutes at Victoria Park.

Marozsan will face China's Shang Juncheng in the quarterfinals. Shang, 19, advanced comfortably, defeating seventh seed Pedro Martinez of Spain 6-3, 6-1.

In the day's other action, second seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy triumphed over qualifier Gabriel Diallo of Canada, while Spain's Jaume Munar upset fifth seed Nuno Borges of Portugal 6-3, 7-5.