Shanghai Masters: Mensik makes third round, knocks out Rublev

Jakub Mensik beat Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 6 seed, 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3 to move into the third round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Saturday.

It is his third consecutive Top 10 win of the year, and his second over Rublev, following his win in the Doha quarter-finals.

Mensik, ranked No 65, will play Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko next.

Ahead of his victory, Jakub Mensik edged out Spaniard Pedro Martinez Portero (6-1, 5-7, 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
• Alex Michelsen vs. Novak Djokovic
• Jordan Thompson vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. David Goffin
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Bublik
• Marcos Giron vs. Karen Khachanov
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Yi Zhou
• Taylor Fritz vs. Terence Atmane
• Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov: saturday
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic: saturday
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Jaume Munar: saturday
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Taro Daniel: 6-1, 6-4
• Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima (32): 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Francisco Cerundolo (27): 7-6 (7), 7-5
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Juncheng Shang: 6-2, 6-2
• Aleksandar Vukic (Q) beat Casper Ruud (8): 6-4, 6-4
• Yibing Wu (WC) beat Nicolas Jarry (25): 6-2, 6-1
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 7-5, 7-5
• Tomas Machac (30) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (31) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-5
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Arthur Fils (21): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
• Ugo Humbert (16) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-3, 6-2
• Matteo Arnaldi (29) beat Zachary Svajda (Q): 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (10) beat Kei Nishikori (WC): 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Gael Monfils beat Sebastian Baez (22): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Alejandro Tabilo (19) beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 6-2
• Alexandre Muller beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (18): 6-3, 6-2
• Tommy Paul (11) beat Fabio Fognini: 6-1, 6-3
• Ben Shelton (14) beat Denis Shapovalov (Q): 6-3, 7-5