Shanghai Masters: Qualifier Sweeny books spot in second round, beats Daniel

Australian qualifier Dane Sweeny won against Japanese Taro Daniel 6-2, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Wednesday night.

Sweeny, ranked No 256, will play No 25 seed Sebastian Baez next.

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

• Aslan Karatsev vs. Quentin Halys
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Pavel Kotov vs. Arthur Fils
• Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Sebastian Ofner
• J.J. Wolf vs. Pedro Cachin
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Laslo Djere
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Juncheng Shang
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Luca Van Assche
• Jordan Thompson vs. Terence Atmane
• Philip Sekulic vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Stefano Napolitano
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alexandre Muller
• Nuno Borges vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Roman Safiullin vs. Andy Murray
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Richard Gasquet
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Cristian Garin
• Marcos Giron vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Max Purcell vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
• Corentin Moutet vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Denis Yevseyev vs. Marton Fucsovics
• James Duckworth vs. Yannick Hanfmann
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Fabian Marozsan: wednesday
• Jaume Munar vs. Rigele Te: wednesday
• Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Fabio Fognini: wednesday
• Yunchaokete Bu (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (6), 6-2, 2-1 ret.
• Brandon Nakashima beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Dusan Lajovic beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2)