Shanghai Masters: Hijikata loses in first round

Australian Rinky Hijikata lost 6-2, 6-2 to Serb Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Thursday.

Kecmanovic, ranked No 54, will face No 20 seed Alexei Popyrin next.

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

• Alex Michelsen vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Zizou Bergs
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Billy Harris
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Terence Atmane
• Pavel Kotov vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Roman Safiullin
• Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Jakub Mensik vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
• Li Tu vs. Marcos Giron
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Matteo Berrettini
• David Goffin vs. James Duckworth
• Jaume Munar vs. Hugo Gaston
• Yi Zhou (WC) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 2-4 ret.
• Kei Nishikori (WC) beat Mariano Navone: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Daniel Evans (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
• Taro Daniel beat Egor Gerasimov (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Gabriel Diallo (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (7)
• Juncheng Shang beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Zachary Svajda (Q) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 1-6, 6-0
• Aleksandar Vukic (Q) beat Corentin Moutet: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Denis Shapovalov (Q) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8)
• Fabio Fognini beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
• Arthur Cazaux beat Marin Cilic: 6-4, 6-4
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Gael Monfils beat Damir Dzumhur: 6-4, 6-3
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Reilly Opelka: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Alexandre Muller beat Luca Nardi: 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Yibing Wu (WC) beat Sumit Nagal: 6-3, 6-3

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