Seven seeds were in action on the second day of the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Six seeds progressed, but the talk all centered on the one seed who did not. Defending champion Roger Federer is out of the tournament after one match.

Ramos Scores Historic Win

The second day of action in Shanghai featured the most stunning of events as second seed Roger Federer was ousted from the tournament in his first match. Federer was playing his first match since the US. Open, while Albert Ramos-Vinolas had already been through qualifying and a first round win over Sam Querrey. The lefty from Spain was contesting a match against a top 10 opponent for the 16th time in this career. His record against top 10 opponents before Tuesday was 0-15.

The opening set did not show terrible rust from Federer as his serve carried him through to a tie break. The Swiss won 88 percent of his first service points and never faced a break point. Ramos did well to save two break points early in the set and held up on serve the rest of the way. Federer forced him to deuce a few times, but never saw a break opportunity. Ramos converted a key point for a mini-break at 3-2 and he closed out the first set 7-4 in the breaker. The breaker saw Federer struggle on his backhand side to give the Spaniard some cushion in the end with far too many errors.  

Second set sees Federer roar back

Federer continued to serve well in the second set and finally broke through with a break of serve on Ramos in the fifth game for a 3-2 lead. The Swiss would consolidate that break with his third straight love hold on serve for a 4-2 lead. The second seed would continue to pressure the Spaniard on his serve and secured a bonus break in the seventh game. Federer closed the set out 6-2 to even the match at a set each. Federer was so precise with his serve that he needed just 18 points played off his serve to win four service games in the set.

Final set finds Ramos cool and collected

Heading to the third, most would have predicted that Federer would take control and finish off a game effort from the lefty. Ramos would not relent though as both men traded service holds through the first seven games. In the eighth game, Federer would crack. Ramos worked his first two break points of the match off the Swiss' serve and whipped a forehand down the line for a winner that gave him a 5-3 lead.

The Spaniard worked hard on serve in the following game and held his never to close out the final set on a Federer error for a shocking win at 6-3. While the Swiss' serve was very solid in this match, his ground strokes did let him down in key moments. Federer had 30 unforced errors in the match.

After the match, Ramos admitted to reporters that even he thought the match was going to go to Federer after the second seed evened the match after two sets, "After second set I thought it will be like always, I will lose. At the end after the break, I thought, OK, maybe I can do it."

Federer admitted that he had a little trouble adapting to the conditions in Shanghai much like last year in his opener against Leonardo Mayer where he had to save five match points. Federer told reporters, "I just think the first round here in Shanghai has always been historically quite difficult, getting used to the conditions and the surface and the balls. The balls play very different than in other places."

The Swiss was still gracious in defeat, saying that he knew Ramos was capable of taking him out, "I was aware that he could give me a tough workout and even beat me. These guys are all touring professionals, they know what they're doing."