Shanghai Masters: Shevchenko into second round
Alexander Shevchenko defeated Ramkumar Ramanathan on Thursday and will play No 27 seed Francisco Cerundolo in the next round
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Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko reached the second round of the Shanghai Masters by winning against Indian qualifier Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-1, 7-6 (3) at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Thursday.
Shevchenko, ranked No 56, will face No 27 seed Francisco Cerundolo next.
Shanghai Masters 1000, other first-round results (Qi Zhong Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.995.555, most recent results first):
- Alex Michelsen vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Zizou Bergs
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Billy Harris
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Terence Atmane
- Beibit Zhukayev vs. Roman Safiullin
- Pavel Kotov vs. Yosuke Watanuki
- Marcos Giron beat Li Tu (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Jakub Mensik beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
- Matteo Berrettini beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-6 (9), 7-6 (6)
- David Goffin beat James Duckworth: 6-4, 6-2
- Jaume Munar beat Hugo Gaston: 6-3, 6-3
- Yi Zhou (WC) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 2-4 ret.
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-2, 6-2
- Kei Nishikori (WC) beat Mariano Navone: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Daniel Evans (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
- Taro Daniel beat Egor Gerasimov (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Gabriel Diallo (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (7)
- Juncheng Shang beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong (WC): 6-4, 6-4
- Zachary Svajda (Q) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 1-6, 6-0
- Aleksandar Vukic (Q) beat Corentin Moutet: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov (Q) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8)
- Fabio Fognini beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Arthur Cazaux beat Marin Cilic: 6-4, 6-4
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Gael Monfils beat Damir Dzumhur: 6-4, 6-3
- Arthur Rinderknech beat Reilly Opelka: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Alexandre Muller beat Luca Nardi: 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Yibing Wu (WC) beat Sumit Nagal: 6-3, 6-3
