Shanghai Masters: Sinner qualifies for the ATP Tour Finals with win over Marcus Giron

Jannik Sinner, the No 6 seed, moved into the third round of the Shanghai Masters by defeating American Marcos Giron 7-6 (7), 6-2 at the Qi Zhong Stadium.

With this win, the Italian becomes the fourth player to qualify for the season-ending ATP Tour Finals in Turin next month, joining Medvedev, Alcaraz and Djokovic in the eight-man field.

Sinner, ranked No 4, will face Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 25 seed, next.

Giron, ranked No 80, won against Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan (6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of the Shanghai tournament.

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

• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Taylor Fritz
• Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Daniel Evans
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
• Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Karen Khachanov
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Ugo Humbert
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Jan-Lennard Struff (21): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry (22) beat Terence Atmane (Q): 7-5, 6-2
• J.J. Wolf vs. Cameron Norrie
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-0
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) beat Rinky Hijikata (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Roman Safiullin beat Alexander Zverev (9): 6-3, 6-1
• Sebastian Korda (26) beat Yunchaokete Bu (WC): 6-1, 6-4
• Sebastian Baez beat Dane Sweeny (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (28): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (16) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Ben Shelton (19) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 6-4
• Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (17): 6-3, 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima beat Holger Rune (3): 6-0, 6-2
• Marton Fucsovics beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (14): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3
• Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
• 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