Shanghai Masters: Ofner into second round
Sebastian Ofner defeated Juan Pablo Varillas 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6) on Thursday afternoon and will play No 12 seed Tommy Paul in the next round
Sebastian Ofner – © Astana Open
Austrian Sebastian Ofner won against Peruvian Juan Pablo Varillas 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6) to advance to the second round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
Ofner, ranked No 49, will play No 12 seed Tommy Paul next.
Shanghai Masters, other first-round results (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Juncheng Shang: thursday
- J.J. Wolf beat Pedro Cachin: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4
- Diego Schwartzman (WC) beat Luca Van Assche: 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
- Quentin Halys beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Alexei Popyrin: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Terence Atmane (Q) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
- Beibit Zhukayev (Q) beat Stefano Napolitano (Q): 7-5, 7-5
- Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Laslo Djere: 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Arthur Fils beat Pavel Kotov: 6-1, 6-4
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Alexander Shevchenko: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Philip Sekulic (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Mikhail Kukushkin (Q) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-7 (6), 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)
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