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SHANGHAI, October 2026 \u2014 Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Italy\u2019s Luciano Darderi 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the Shanghai Masters third round and bring up 400 career wins on the ATP Tour.<\/strong><\/p>\n Tsitsipas took the first set in 39 minutes after breaking Darderi\u2019s serve in the second game. He then broke again in the second set and closed out the match 6-4 after 38 more minutes.<\/p>\n The milestone puts the Greek in select company. Only eight other active players have 400 career wins: Novak Djokovic, Marin Cilic, Stan Wawrinka, Gael Monfils, Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev.<\/p>\n Reaching 400 career wins also lifts Tsitsipas to No 39, according to the ATP live rankings<\/a>.<\/p>\n As a result, he edges closer to his main goal for the season. Tsitsipas wants to finish the year ranked high enough to be among the top 32 players at the Australian Open<\/a>, the first Grand Slam of 2027, in Melbourne in January.<\/p>\n Next up is American Taylor Fritz, No 12 in the live rankings. Fritz beat Italy\u2019s Matteo Arnaldi 7-5, 6-4 in the second round.<\/p>\n Tsitsipas beat Fritz 6-4, 7-5 in their United Cup quarter-final in January.<\/p>\n Earlier in the week, Tsitsipas beat Belgian Kimmer Coppejans 6-3, 7-5 in 76 minutes to open his campaign. Greek City Times reported that match on Thursday.<\/p>\n Darderi had received a bye through the first round. The pair also met last year in Halle, Germany, where Tsitsipas won in three sets.<\/p>\n His path to 400 career wins follows a rise in the rankings for the 28-year-old since late June. At that point he had dropped to No 87, his lowest ranking since January 2018.<\/p>\n Later, in July, Tsitsipas ended a 16-month title drought at the Swiss Open in Gstaad.<\/p>\n Valentin Vacherot, 27, of Monaco, is the defending champion at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Athens-Macedonian News Agency<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\nShanghai third round<\/h3>\n
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