Qualifier Shevchenko beats Mannarino in Stockholm to set up Ruud clash

Kazakh qualifier Aleksandr Shevchenko swept past French lucky loser Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the Stockholm Open on Tuesday. Ranked No. 107, the 25-year-old reversed the result of their only previous meeting, lost at Wimbledon in 2023. Second seed Casper Ruud is next.

10 November 2026

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Adrian Mannarino, 2025 | © Tristan Lapierre / Tennis Majors for UTS

On paper, the edge belonged to the Frenchman. Shevchenko, ranked No. 107, got the better of Mannarino, ranked No. 61 in the ATP rankings. Mannarino had won their only previous tour-level meeting, in the first round of Wimbledon in 2023, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. The win took Shevchenko’s record for the season to 11 wins and 16 losses.

Shevchenko earned his place in the main draw by beating Norway’s Viktor Durasovic 6-1, 6-1 in 58 minutes on November 7. He then saw off Britain’s Jacob Fearnley 6-2, 6-4 in 1 hour 15 minutes on November 8. The Kazakh has reached one tour-level final, losing to Ugo Humbert 6-3, 6-3 in Metz in 2023. His career-high ranking is No. 45, first reached in February 2024. Should he beat Ruud, Thiago Agustin Tirante, already through to that stage, would be waiting in the quarter-finals.

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Mannarino, 38, had entered the main draw as a lucky loser after Luca Van Assche’s withdrawal, and his season record now stands at 20 wins and 27 losses.

Bybit Stockholm Open 2026 first-round results

Cameron Norrie d. James Duckworth 7-5, 6-0
Arthur Rinderknech vs Miomir Kecmanovic (Wednesday)
Holger Rune vs Zizou Bergs (8) (Wednesday)
Toby Samuel (Q) d. Leo Borg (WC) 6-3, 6-2
Borna Gojo (Q) d. Tomas Machac 6-3, 6-4
Ugo Humbert (7) d. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6-4, 6-3
Alex Michelsen (6) d. Yannick Hanfmann 6-2, 6-3
Juan Manuel Cerundolo d. Elias Ymer (WC) 6-1, 7-6 (4)
Lorenzo Sonego (Q) vs Quentin Halys (Wednesday)
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (5) d. Max Dahlin (WC) 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
Thiago Agustin Tirante d. Jaume Munar 7-6 (3), 6-3
Aleksandr Shevchenko (Q) d. Adrian Mannarino (LL) 6-1, 6-3

In bold: today’s results.