Shanghai Masters: Tsitsipas beats Hijikata to reach third round
The Greek star will play the winner of the match between Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp and Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 32 seed, in the next round
Stefanos Tsitsipas at the 2023 Davis Cup
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Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 4 seed, won against Australian qualifier Rinky Hijikata 6-4, 6-2 to reach the third round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Saturday.
Tsitsipas, ranked No 6 and back with his father as his full-time coach, will face the winner of the match between Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp and Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 32 seed, next.
Hijikata, ranked No 75, beat Serb Laslo Djere (7-6 (4), 7-5) in the previous round of the Shanghai tournament.
Shanghai Masters, other second-round matches (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8,800,000):
- Roman Safiullin beat Alexander Zverev (9): 6-3, 6-1
- Sebastian Korda (26) beat Yunchaokete Bu (WC): 6-1, 6-4
- Sebastian Baez (25) 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
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Taylor Fritz
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
- Beibit Zhukayev vs. Karen Khachanov
- Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Daniel Evans
- Jannik Sinner vs. Marcos Giron
- Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Ugo Humbert
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Cristian Garin vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Matteo Arnaldi
- Terence Atmane vs. Nicolas Jarry
- J.J. Wolf vs. Cameron Norrie
- Tommy Paul vs. Sebastian Ofner
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