Shanghai Masters: Paul makes third round

American Tommy Paul, the No 11 seed, won against Italian Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-3 to move into the third round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Friday night.

Paul, ranked No 13, will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech and Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, the No 19 seed, next.

In the previous round of the Shanghai tournament, Fognini, ranked No 81, edged out Luciano Darderi (6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4).

Shanghai Masters 1000, other second-round results (Qi Zhong Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.995.555, most recent results first):

• Mattia Bellucci vs. Alexander Zverev
• Jordan Thompson vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Marcos Giron vs. Karen Khachanov
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. David Goffin
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Jaume Munar
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Brandon Nakashima
• Taylor Fritz vs. Terence Atmane
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Bublik
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Yi Zhou
• Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Francisco Cerundolo
• Andrey Rublev vs. Jakub Mensik
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Juncheng Shang
• Jannik Sinner vs. Taro Daniel
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Casper Ruud
• Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Tomas Machac vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Yibing Wu vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Arthur Cazaux vs. Ugo Humbert
• Arthur Fils vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Zachary Svajda
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Kei Nishikori
• Sebastian Baez vs. Gael Monfils
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Alejandro Tabilo: friday
• Alexandre Muller vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: friday
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Ben Shelton: friday