Shanghai Masters: Korda maintains form to reach quarter-finals, plays Sinner or Shelton next

American Sebastian Korda, the No 26 seed, beat Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 20 seed, 7-5, 7-6 (6) to reach the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Tuesday.

Korda, ranked No 26, will face the winner of the match between Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 6 seed, and American Ben Shelton, the No 19 seed, next.

The American won against Chinese wildcard Yunchaokete Bu (6-1, 6-4) and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the second seed (7-6 (8), 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Shanghai tournament.

Earlier in the tournament, Cerundolo, ranked No 21, defeated American Mackenzie McDonald (7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)) and edged out Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (3-6, 6-4, 7-5).

Shanghai Masters, other last 16 results (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Tommy Paul vs. Andrey Rublev
• Ugo Humbert vs. J.J. Wolf
• Nicolas Jarry vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Jannik Sinner vs. Ben Shelton
• Fabian Marozsan beat Casper Ruud (8): 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4