Shanghai Masters: Sinner fights back against Baez to make the last 16

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