Shanghai Masters: Zhang into second round

Chinese Zhizhen Zhang reached the second round of the Shanghai Masters by beating Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-1, 6-2 at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Wednesday.

Zhang, ranked No 60, will play No 28 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.

Shanghai Masters, other first-round results (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Juncheng Shang
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Luca Van Assche
• Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Sebastian Ofner
• J.J. Wolf vs. Pedro Cachin
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Quentin Halys
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Jordan Thompson vs. Terence Atmane
• Pavel Kotov vs. Arthur Fils
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Laslo Djere
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Stefano Napolitano
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Philip Sekulic vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alexandre Muller
• Nuno Borges vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Roman Safiullin vs. Andy Murray
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Cristian Garin: wednesday
• Max Purcell vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu: wednesday
• Marcos Giron vs. Daniel Elahi Galan: wednesday
• Marton Fucsovics beat Denis Yevseyev (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 6-3
• Yannick Hanfmann beat James Duckworth (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Jaume Munar beat Rigele Te (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Dane Sweeny (Q) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Yunchaokete Bu (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (6), 6-2, 2-1 ret.
• Brandon Nakashima beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Dusan Lajovic beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2)