Shanghai Masters: Tiafoe reaches third round
Frances Tiafoe defeated Zhou Yi in straight sets on Monday. He’ll play Russian Roman Safiullin next
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American Frances Tiafoe, the No 13 seed, reached the third round of the Shanghai Masters by winning against Chinese wildcard Zhou Yi 6-2, 6-4 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Monday.
Tiafoe, ranked No 17, will face Russian Roman Safiullin next.
Zhou, ranked No 440, benefited from the abandonment of Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka (2-4) in the previous round of the Shanghai tournament.
Shanghai Masters 1000, other second-round results (Qi Zhong Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.995.555, most recent results first):
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
- Marcos Giron vs. Karen Khachanov
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. David Goffin
- Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Zizou Bergs: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Jordan Thompson (26): 6-3, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Alexander Bublik (23): 6-4, 6-2
- Taylor Fritz (7) beat Terence Atmane (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
- Alexander Zverev (2) beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Novak Djokovic (4) beat Alex Michelsen: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (9)
- Alexei Popyrin (20) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-3, 6-2
- Jiri Lehecka (33) beat Jaume Munar: 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 6-4
- Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima (32): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Francisco Cerundolo (27): 7-6 (7), 7-5
- Jakub Mensik beat Andrey Rublev (6): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Juncheng Shang: 6-2, 6-2
- Aleksandar Vukic (Q) beat Casper Ruud (8): 6-4, 6-4
- Yibing Wu (WC) beat Nicolas Jarry (25): 6-2, 6-1
- Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 7-5, 7-5
- Tomas Machac (30) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (31) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5
- Roberto Carballes Baena beat Arthur Fils (21): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
- Ugo Humbert (16) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-3, 6-2
- Matteo Arnaldi (29) beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (10) beat Kei Nishikori (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Gael Monfils beat Sebastian Baez (22): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
- Alejandro Tabilo (19) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-2
- Alexandre Muller beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (18): 6-3, 6-2
- Tommy Paul (11) beat Fabio Fognini: 6-1, 6-3
- Ben Shelton (14) beat Denis Shapovalov (Q): 6-3, 7-5
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