Shanghai Masters: Fucsovics knocks out Auger-Aliassime to reach third round and pile more pressure on the struggling Canadian

Hungarian Marton Fucsovics reached the third round of the Shanghai Masters by defeating Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 14 seed, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3 at the Qi Zhong Stadium.

Fucsovics, ranked No 57, will play Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 20 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Shanghai tournament, the Hungarian won against Kazakh qualifier Denis Yevseyev (6-4, 6-2).

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

• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Taylor Fritz
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Jannik Sinner vs. Marcos Giron
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Karen Khachanov
• Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Daniel Evans
• Cristian Garin vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Ugo Humbert
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Tommy Paul vs. Sebastian Ofner
• J.J. Wolf vs. Cameron Norrie
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Terence Atmane vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Zverev
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Dane Sweeny vs. Sebastian Baez
• Sebastian Korda vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Ben Shelton vs. Jaume Munar: friday
• Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (17): 6-3, 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima beat Holger Rune (3): 6-0, 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
• Fabian Marozsan beat Alex De Minaur (11): 6-3, 7-5
• Dusan Lajovic beat Tallon Griekspoor (23): 6-4, 3-2 ret.
• Christopher Eubanks (29) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Casper Ruud (8) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-5, 6-0