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Very few could've forced a red-hot Carlos Alcaraz to battle that hard, and almost nobody on the current ATP Tour could've left the four-time major winner feeling like he had been dominated. China's 560th-ranked wild card Wu Yibing did, though, at least for a set, in a tighter-than-expected straight-sets loss to Alcaraz in the third round at the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Sunday. ▲ Despite a tenacious performance, China's Wu Yibing just fell short in a round-of-32 match against Spain's Carlos Alcaraz at the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Sunday. Reuters/Li Mengshen/For China Daily Of course, the Spaniard — coming straight off his victory at last week's ATP500 event China Open in Beijing — eventually cruised past Wu to secure a round-of-16 berth at the top-flight ATP1000 tournament, but the tenacious Wu made sure that he didn't advance unscathed. By hitting 17 winners to outshine Alcaraz's 13 and taking a 3-1 lead in the tiebreak, Wu pushed the world No 2 to the limit like no one else
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