Shanghai Masters: Fils eliminates 24th seed Davidovich Fokina
Arthur Fils beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2, 7-5 on Sunday
Arthur Fils (JB Autissier/Panoramic)
Frenchman Arthur Fils won against Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 24 seed, 6-2, 7-5 to move into the third round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Sunday.
Fils, ranked No 44, will face American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, next.
Ahead of his victory, the 19-year-old Frenchman defeated Russian Pavel Kotov (6-1, 6-4).
Shanghai Masters, other second-round results (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Beibit Zhukayev vs. Karen Khachanov
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aleksandar Vukic: sunday
- Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Daniel Evans: sunday
- J.J. Wolf beat Cameron Norrie (15): 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
- Ugo Humbert (32) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Frances Tiafoe (10): 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (7) beat Yosuke Watanuki: 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-2, 7-5
- Jannik Sinner (6) beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (7), 6-2
- Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-3
- Matteo Arnaldi beat Jan-Lennard Struff (21): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Nicolas Jarry (22) beat Terence Atmane (Q): 7-5, 6-2
- Tommy Paul beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-0
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) beat Rinky Hijikata (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Alexander Zverev (9): 6-3, 6-1
- Sebastian Korda (26) beat Yunchaokete Bu (WC): 6-1, 6-4
- Sebastian Baez (25) beat Dane Sweeny (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (28): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- 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
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