Shanghai Masters: Griekspoor saves seven match points but loses

German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, advanced to the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters by edging out Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (5) at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Tuesday afternoon.

Zverev, ranked No 3, will face Belgian David Goffin next.

In the previous round of the Shanghai tournament, the German won against Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci (6-4, 6-2).

Griekspoor, ranked No 40, defeated Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta (6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3) and Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 26 seed (6-3, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

Shanghai Masters 1000, other third-round results (Qi Zhong Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.995.555, most recent results first):

• David Goffin beat Marcos Giron: 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
• Novak Djokovic (4) beat Flavio Cobolli (28): 6-1, 6-2
• Holger Rune (12) beat Jiri Lehecka (33): 6-4, 7-5
• Roman Safiullin beat Frances Tiafoe (13): 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Alexei Popyrin (20): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Ben Shelton (14) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (7) beat Yosuke Watanuki (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Jakub Mensik beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Tomas Machac (30) beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Gael Monfils beat Ugo Humbert (16): 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (10) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-3, 7-5
• Tommy Paul (11) beat Alejandro Tabilo (19): 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Yibing Wu (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (31): 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Matteo Arnaldi (29): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4