Shanghai Masters: Kukushkin into second round
Mikhail Kukushkin won against Alexandre Muller 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2 on Thursday night and will face No 30 seed Daniel Evans in the next round
Mikhail Kukushkin – © Astana Open
Kazakh qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin moved into the second round of the Shanghai Masters by defeating Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2 at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Thursday night.
Kukushkin, ranked No 245, will play No 30 seed Daniel Evans next.
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
- Jordan Thompson vs. Terence Atmane
- Beibit Zhukayev vs. Stefano Napolitano
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Rinky Hijikata vs. Laslo Djere: thursday
- Pavel Kotov vs. Arthur Fils: thursday
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena: thursday
- Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Alexander Shevchenko: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Lorenzo Sonego beat Philip Sekulic (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Gregoire Barrere beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 6-2
- Cristian Garin beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (10)
- Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Max Purcell: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4
- Marcos Giron beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
- 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)
