Shanghai Masters: Shevchenko makes third round, knocks out Cerundolo

Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko won against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 27 seed, 7-6 (7), 7-5 to move into the third round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Saturday night.

Shevchenko, ranked No 58, will face the winner of the match between Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, and Jakub Mensik next.

Ahead of his victory, the Kazakh defeated Indian qualifier Ramkumar Ramanathan (6-1, 7-6 (3)).

Shanghai Masters 1000, other second-round results (Qi Zhong Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.995.555, most recent results first):

• Mattia Bellucci vs. Alexander Zverev
• Alex Michelsen vs. Novak Djokovic
• Jordan Thompson vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. David Goffin
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Marcos Giron vs. Karen Khachanov
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Bublik
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Yi Zhou
• Taylor Fritz vs. Terence Atmane
• Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic: saturday
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Jaume Munar: saturday
• Jannik Sinner vs. Taro Daniel: saturday
• Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima (32): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Andrey Rublev vs. Jakub Mensik: saturday
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Juncheng Shang: 6-2, 6-2
• Aleksandar Vukic (Q) beat Casper Ruud (8): 6-4, 6-4
• Yibing Wu (WC) beat Nicolas Jarry (25): 6-2, 6-1
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 7-5, 7-5
• Tomas Machac (30) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (31) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Arthur Fils (21): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
• Ugo Humbert (16) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-3, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi (29) beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (10) beat Kei Nishikori (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Gael Monfils beat Sebastian Baez (22): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Alejandro Tabilo (19) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-2
• Alexandre Muller beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (18): 6-3, 6-2
• Tommy Paul (11) beat Fabio Fognini: 6-1, 6-3
• Ben Shelton (14) beat Denis Shapovalov (Q): 6-3, 7-5