Shanghai Masters: Giron reaches second round
Marcos Giron won against Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4, 6-2 on Wednesday. He’ll face No 6 seed Jannik Sinner in the next round
Marcos Giron (Imago/Panoramic)
American Marcos Giron defeated Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
Giron, ranked No 82, will face No 6 seed Jannik Sinner on Saturday.
Shanghai Masters, other first-round results (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Juncheng Shang
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Luca Van Assche
- Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Sebastian Ofner
- J.J. Wolf vs. Pedro Cachin
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Quentin Halys
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Jordan Thompson vs. Terence Atmane
- Pavel Kotov vs. Arthur Fils
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Laslo Djere
- Beibit Zhukayev vs. Stefano Napolitano
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
- Philip Sekulic vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alexandre Muller
- Nuno Borges vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Roman Safiullin vs. Andy Murray: wednesday
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Cristian Garin: wednesday
- Max Purcell vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu: wednesday
- Zhizhen Zhang beat Richard Gasquet: 6-1, 6-2
- Marton Fucsovics beat Denis Yevseyev (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Mackenzie McDonald beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 6-3
- Yannick Hanfmann beat James Duckworth (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3
- Fabian Marozsan beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Jaume Munar beat Rigele Te (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Dane Sweeny (Q) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-3
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Yunchaokete Bu (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (6), 6-2, 2-1 ret.
- Brandon Nakashima beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
- Dusan Lajovic beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
- Yoshihito Nishioka beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
