Mattia Bellucci vs Yi Zhou Prediction Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · Oct 7, 2026

Analysis

Bellucci arrives in the main draw with real momentum, having come through back-to-back wins in Shanghai: 2-1 over Elias Ymer on 5 October and a clean 2-0 against Alexandre Muller the day before this match. That is the profile of a player already adapted to the courts, the humidity and the timing, even if his September included two straight-sets defeats to Kamil Majchrzak. Yi Zhou, by contrast, has not won a set in his last listed outings, falling 0-2 to Pablo Carreno-Busta and 0-2 to Juan Manuel Cerundolo. Bellucci's left-handed, flat-hitting game and early serve-plus-first-strike patterns are well suited to a quick hard court, where his angles and lefty slice out wide can keep a returner guessing. Zhou will have local crowd support, which matters in Shanghai and is the main route to a longer match, but the match-sharpness gap looks decisive. A straight-sets Bellucci win is the most logical outcome, with a third set only if his level dips after the qualifying workload.