Shanghai Masters: Arnaldi books spot in third round
Matteo Arnaldi edged out Zachary Svajda on Friday. He’ll face the winner of the match between Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Italian Matteo Arnaldi, the No 29 seed, advanced to the third round of the Shanghai Masters by edging out American qualifier Zachary Svajda 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-4 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Friday.
Arnaldi, ranked No 36, will face the winner of the match between Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild and Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed, next.
Svajda, ranked No 131, beat Frenchman Adrian Mannarino (6-3, 1-6, 6-0) in the previous round of the Shanghai tournament.
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
- Marcos Giron vs. Karen Khachanov
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
- Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Bublik
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Yi Zhou
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Jaume Munar
- Taylor Fritz vs. Terence Atmane
- Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Jannik Sinner vs. Taro Daniel
- Yosuke Watanuki vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Andrey Rublev vs. Jakub Mensik
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Juncheng Shang
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Casper Ruud
- Thiago Seyboth Wild vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Yibing Wu vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Tomas Machac vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Arthur Fils vs. Roberto Carballes Baena: friday
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Ugo Humbert: friday
- 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