Shanghai Masters: Nakashima stuns Rune, thrashes the Dane to move into third round

Brandon Nakashima defeated Dane Holger Rune 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the third round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium.

The third seed was blown off the court by a powerful performance from the American. It continues a difficult period for the Dane, who has lost six of his last seven matches.

Nakashima, meanwhile, earns a huge scalp after a thoroughly impressive performance. Ranked No 122, the American will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 28 seed, and Chinese Zhizhen Zhang next.

In the previous round of the Shanghai tournament, the 22-year-old American won against Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles (6-1, 7-6 (3)).

Shanghai Masters, other second-round results (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Cristian Garin vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Jannik Sinner vs. Marcos Giron
• Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Tommy Paul vs. Sebastian Ofner
• J.J. Wolf vs. Cameron Norrie
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Ugo Humbert
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Taylor Fritz
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Terence Atmane vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Karen Khachanov
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Daniel Evans
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Zverev
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Sebastian Korda vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Dane Sweeny vs. Sebastian Baez
• Ben Shelton vs. Jaume Munar
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Lorenzo Musetti: friday
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marton Fucsovics: friday
• Mackenzie McDonald vs. Francisco Cerundolo: friday
• Fabian Marozsan beat Alex De Minaur (11): 6-3, 7-5
• Dusan Lajovic beat Tallon Griekspoor (23): 6-4, 3-2 ret.
• Christopher Eubanks (29) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Casper Ruud (8) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-5, 6-0