Shanghai Masters: Sinner fights back against Baez to make the last 16
Jannik Sinner won against Sebastian Baez 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. He’ll face American Ben Shelton, the No 19 seed, in the next round
Jannik Sinner US Open 2023 – Zuma / Panoramic
Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 6 seed, beat Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 25 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium.
Sinner, ranked No 4, will play American Ben Shelton, the No 19 seed, next.
The 22-year-old Italian won against American Marcos Giron (7-6 (7), 6-2) in the previous round of the Shanghai tournament.
In the second round of the Shanghai tournament, Baez, ranked No 29, defeated Australian qualifier Dane Sweeny (6-2, 6-4).
Shanghai Masters, other third-round results (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Ugo Humbert
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Daniel Evans
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. J.J. Wolf
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Andrey Rublev
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Taylor Fritz
- Tommy Paul vs. Arthur Fils
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Karen Khachanov
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Marton Fucsovics: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Fabian Marozsan beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 6-3
- Ben Shelton beat Roman Safiullin: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Hubert Hurkacz (16) beat Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda (26) beat Daniil Medvedev (2): 7-6 (8), 6-2
- Casper Ruud (8) beat Christopher Eubanks (29): 6-4, 6-2
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