Shanghai Masters: Michelsen books Djokovic meeting in second round
Alex Michelsen won against Bu Yunchaokete in straight sets on Friday to set up his first match-up with Serb
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American Alex Michelsen moved into the second round of the Shanghai Masters by winning against Chinese Bu Yunchaokete 6-3, 6-4 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Friday.
Michelsen, ranked No 43, will play No 4 seed Novak Djokovic next. Djokovic has received a bye in the first round. The two haven’t met on the ATP Tour yet.
Shanghai Masters 1000, other first-round results (Qi Zhong Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.995.555, most recent results first):
- Stan Wawrinka (WC) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6)
- Terence Atmane (Q) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Billy Harris (LL): 6-3, 6-4
- Zizou Bergs beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-4, 6-3
- Roman Safiullin beat Beibit Zhukayev (Q): 7-6, 6-4
- Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Pavel Kotov: 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-5
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Ramkumar Ramanathan (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (3)
- Marcos Giron beat Li Tu (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Jakub Mensik beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
- Matteo Berrettini beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-6 (9), 7-6 (6)
- David Goffin beat James Duckworth: 6-4, 6-2
- Jaume Munar beat Hugo Gaston: 6-3, 6-3
- Yi Zhou (WC) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 2-4 ret.
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-2, 6-2
- 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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