Wolf advances to second round on Shanghai debut

American J.J. Wolf edged out Argentinian Pedro Cachin 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Thursday.

Wolf, ranked No 51, will face No 15 seed Cameron Norrie next.

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The 24-year-old, making his debut at the Chinese Masters 1000 event, improves to 23-21 on the season. Wolf snapped a five-match losing streak that had left him winless since early August.

Cachin, the Kitzbuhel champion in 2023, was also making his Shanghai debut. He drops to 15-22 on the season.

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

• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Juncheng Shang: thursday
• Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Sebastian Ofner: thursday
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4
• Diego Schwartzman (WC) beat Luca Van Assche: 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
• Quentin Halys beat Aslan Karatsev: 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Alexei Popyrin: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Terence Atmane (Q) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
• Beibit Zhukayev (Q) beat Stefano Napolitano (Q): 7-5, 7-5
• Rinky Hijikata (Q) beat Laslo Djere: 7-6 (4), 7-5
• Arthur Fils beat Pavel Kotov: 6-1, 6-4
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Chun-Hsin Tseng beat Alexander Shevchenko: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Philip Sekulic (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Mikhail Kukushkin (Q) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2
• Gregoire Barrere beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 6-2
• Roman Safiullin beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 6-2
• Cristian Garin beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (10)
• Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Max Purcell: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4
• Marcos Giron beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Richard Gasquet: 6-1, 6-2
• Marton Fucsovics beat Denis Yevseyev (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 6-3
• Yannick Hanfmann beat James Duckworth (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Jaume Munar beat Rigele Te (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Dane Sweeny (Q) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• 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)

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