Shanghai Masters: Fognini fights his way to second round

Italian Fabio Fognini edged out compatriot Luciano Darderi 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 to reach the second round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Wednesday.

Fognini, ranked No 80, will face No 11 seed Tommy Paul 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
• Pavel Kotov vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Roman Safiullin
• Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Li Tu vs. Marcos Giron
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Jakub Mensik vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• David Goffin vs. James Duckworth
• Jaume Munar vs. Hugo Gaston
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Yi Zhou
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Kei Nishikori vs. Mariano Navone
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniel Evans
• Juncheng Shang vs. Chak Lam Coleman Wong
• Egor Gerasimov vs. Taro Daniel
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Gabriel Diallo
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Zachary Svajda
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Corentin Moutet
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Denis Shapovalov
• 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

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