ATP roundup: Top two seeds upended in Adelaide

Field Level Media|published: Fri 16th January, 10:47 2026

Ugo Humbert returns to Jamie Murray and Michael Venus during round one of doubles play at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., Sunday, March 10, 2024.

Unseeded Frenchman Ugo Humbert and No. 8 seed Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic will meet in the final of Australia's Adelaide International after knocking out the top seeds on Friday.

Humbert outlasted No. 1 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4) in two hours and 32 minutes. Both players held serve throughout the decisive set before Humbert completed the upset on his second match point of the tiebreaker.

Machac overcame a slow start in the other semifinal to send No. 2 seed Tommy Paul packing with a 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 win in one hour and 52 minutes. Machac struck eight aces and finished with a 32-23 advantage in winners.

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Third-seeded Czech Jakub Mensik will meet No. 7 Sebastian Baez of Argentina for the championship in Auckland, New Zealand.

The 20-year-old Mensik held off Hungary's Fabian Marozsan 7-6 (9), 4-6, 6-1 in two hours and seven minutes. He finished with 16 aces and a 38-25 edge in winners while saving five of eight break points.

After completing a rain-delayed 7-5, 6-3 quarterfinal upset of No. 1 seed Ben Shelton, Baez beat another American hopeful in the semifinals with a 6-1, 6-4 victory against Marcos Giron. Baez converted four of 15 break points and Giron finished with more than twice as many unforced errors (34) as winners (15).

--Field Level Media

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