Shanghai Masters: Fritz reaches third round

American Taylor Fritz, the No 7 seed, moved into the third round of the Shanghai Masters by edging out Japanese Yosuke Watanuki 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 6-4 at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Fritz, ranked No 8, will play the winner of the match between No 27 seed Jiri Lehecka and Argentinian wildcard Diego Schwartzman next.

Watanuki, ranked No 79, edged out Chinese wildcard Juncheng Shang (7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-4) 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):

• Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Karen Khachanov
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Daniel Evans
• Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• J.J. Wolf vs. Cameron Norrie
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Ugo Humbert
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-2, 7-5
• Jannik Sinner (6) beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (7), 6-2
• 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
• 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 (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