Shanghai Masters: Musetti out as Goffin stages comeback in second round
David Goffin beat Lorenzo Musetti on Monday to set up a match-up with American Marcos Giron in the next round
May 15, 2023, ROME, ITALY: Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in action during his men’s singles third round match against Frances Tiafoe of US (not pictured) at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Italy, 15 May 2023. (Zuma/Panoramic)
Belgian David Goffin beat Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 15 seed, 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2 to advance to the third round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Monday.
Musetti ran away with the opening set without breaking a set on the back of two break points before Goffin staged an impressive comeback.
In the following two sets, the Belgian smashed six aces, as many winners, and broke the Italian’s serve four times to wrap his second-round win.
Goffin, ranked No 66, will face American Marcos Giron next.
Ahead of his victory, the 33-year-old Belgian won against Australian James Duckworth (6-4, 6-2).
Shanghai Masters 1000, other second-round results (Qi Zhong Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.995.555, most recent results first):
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
- Marcos Giron beat Karen Khachanov (24): 6-4, 6-3
- Frances Tiafoe (13) beat Yi Zhou (WC): 6-2, 6-4
- Grigor Dimitrov (9) beat Zizou Bergs: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Jordan Thompson (26): 6-3, 6-2
- Roman Safiullin beat Alexander Bublik (23): 6-4, 6-2
- Taylor Fritz (7) beat Terence Atmane (Q): 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
- Alexander Zverev (2) beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Novak Djokovic (4) beat Alex Michelsen: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (9)
- Alexei Popyrin (20) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-3, 6-2
- Jiri Lehecka (33) beat Jaume Munar: 7-6 (6), 6-4
- 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
- Jakub Mensik beat Andrey Rublev (6): 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-3
- 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
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