Shanghai Masters: Machac through to last 16

No 30 seed Tomas Machac moved into the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters by defeating Australian qualifier Aleksandar Vukic 6-4, 6-2 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Machac, ranked No 33, will play American Tommy Paul, the No 11 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, Tomas Machac edged out Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4).

Vukic, ranked No 91, edged out Frenchman Corentin Moutet (2-6, 6-3, 6-4) and won against Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed (6-4, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.

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

• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alexander Zverev
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Novak Djokovic
• David Goffin vs. Marcos Giron
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Holger Rune
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Roman Safiullin
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Taylor Fritz vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Ben Shelton
• Jakub Mensik vs. Alexander Shevchenko: tuesday
• Gael Monfils vs. Ugo Humbert: tuesday
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexandre Muller: tuesday
• Tommy Paul beat Alejandro Tabilo (19): 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Yibing Wu (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (31): 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Matteo Arnaldi (29): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

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