Shanghai Masters: Ruud into third round after Nishioka win
The Norwegian will face the winner of the match between German Yannick Hanfmann and American Christopher Eubanks, the No 29 seed, in the next round
Casper Ruud at the 2023 Laver Cup in Vancouver
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Norway’s Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, advanced to the third round of the Shanghai Masters by defeating Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5, 6-0 at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Friday.
The Norwegian ended the match on a strong note, winning 24 of the last 28 points. Ruud, ranked No 9, will play the winner of the match between German Yannick Hanfmann and American Christopher Eubanks, the No 29 seed, next.
Nishioka, ranked No 48, edged out German Daniel Altmaier (6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2)) in the previous round of the Shanghai tournament whereas Ruud received a bye.
Shanghai Masters, other second-round matches (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8,800,000):
- Dusan Lajovic beat Tallon Griekspoor (23): 6-4, 3-2 ret.
- 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
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Holger Rune
- Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Fabian Marozsan vs. Alex De Minaur
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Christopher Eubanks
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