Shanghai Masters: Medvedev edges Arnaldi to reach last 16
Daniil Medvedev edged out Matteo Arnaldi 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday night. He’ll play the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 10 seed, and Frenchman Alexandre Muller in the next round
Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed, edged out Italian Matteo Arnaldi, the No 29 seed, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Sunday night.
Medvedev, ranked No 5, will play the winner of the match between Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 10 seed, and Frenchman Alexandre Muller next.
In the previous round of the Shanghai tournament, the Russian won against Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (7-5, 7-5).
Arnaldi, ranked No 36, edged out American qualifier Zachary Svajda (6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4) during the second round of the Shanghai tournament.
Shanghai Masters 1000, other third-round results (Qi Zhong Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.995.555, most recent results first):
- Jakub Mensik vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Tommy Paul vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Tomas Machac vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Gael Monfils vs. Ugo Humbert
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Ben Shelton
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Yibing Wu
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexandre Muller
- Jannik Sinner vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry