Shanghai Masters: Goffin makes last 16

Belgian David Goffin reached the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters by edging out American Marcos Giron 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Goffin, ranked No 66, will face the winner of the match between Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor and German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, next.

The 33-year-old Belgian won against Australian James Duckworth (6-4, 6-2) and Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 15 seed (1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of the Shanghai tournament, Giron, ranked No 47, defeated Australian qualifier Li Tu (6-1, 7-6 (4)) and Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 24 seed (6-4, 6-3).

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: tuesday
• Novak Djokovic (4) beat Flavio Cobolli (28): 6-1, 6-2
• Holger Rune (12) beat Jiri Lehecka (33): 6-4, 7-5
• Roman Safiullin beat Frances Tiafoe (13): 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Alexei Popyrin (20): 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Ben Shelton (14) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 6-4
• Taylor Fritz (7) beat Yosuke Watanuki (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Jakub Mensik beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Tomas Machac (30) beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Gael Monfils beat Ugo Humbert (16): 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (10) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-3, 7-5
• Tommy Paul (11) 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