Shanghai Masters: Dimitrov reaches third round

Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 18 seed, reached the third round of the Shanghai Masters by winning against Australian Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 6-3 at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Sunday.

Dimitrov, ranked No 19, will play the winner of the match between Kazakh qualifier Beibit Zhukayev and Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 13 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Shanghai tournament, Vukic, ranked No 54, beat Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena (6-4, 7-6 (7)).

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: sunday
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Karen Khachanov: sunday
• Daniel Evans (30) beat Mikhail Kukushkin (Q): 6-2, 3-0 ret.
• Arthur Fils beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (24): 6-2, 7-5
• 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 (12) 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