Shanghai Masters: Sonego reaches second round, to play Tiafoe next
The Italian defeated Philip Sekulic 6-3, 6-2 in the first round in Shanghai on Thursday
Lorenzo Sonego, Metz, 2022 Mao / Panoramic
Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego reached the second round of the Shanghai Masters by defeating Australian qualifier Philip Sekulic 6-3, 6-2 at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Thursday.
Sonego, ranked No 59, will play No 10 seed Frances Tiafoe next. The Italian leads the series between him and Tiafoe by 2-1 ad has won their last two encounters.
Shanghai Masters, other first-round matches (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8,800,000):
- Gregoire Barrere beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 6-2
- Cristian Garin beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (10)
- Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Max Purcell: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4
- Marcos Giron beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Richard Gasquet: 6-1, 6-2
- 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)
- 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
- Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alexandre Muller
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