Shanghai Masters: Kukushkin into second round

Kazakh qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin moved into the second round of the Shanghai Masters by defeating Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2 at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Thursday night.

Kukushkin, ranked No 245, will play No 30 seed Daniel Evans 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
• Jordan Thompson vs. Terence Atmane
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Stefano Napolitano
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Matteo Arnaldi

• Rinky Hijikata vs. Laslo Djere: thursday
• Pavel Kotov vs. Arthur Fils: thursday
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena: thursday
• Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Alexander Shevchenko: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Philip Sekulic (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• 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)