Shanghai Masters: Baez knocks out qualifier Sweeny to make third round

Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 25 seed, beat Australian qualifier Dane Sweeny 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium.

Baez, ranked No 29, will play the winner of the match between Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 6 seed, and American Marcos Giron next.

Sweeny, ranked No 273, won against Japanese Taro Daniel (6-2, 6-3) in the previous round of the Shanghai tournament.

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
• Sebastian Korda vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Zhizhen Zhang: friday
• Hubert Hurkacz (16) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Ben Shelton (19) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 6-4
• Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (17): 6-3, 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima beat Holger Rune (3): 6-0, 6-2
• Marton Fucsovics beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (14): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3
• Francisco Cerundolo (20) 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