Shanghai Masters: Safiullin advances to third round

Russian Roman Safiullin advanced to the third round of the Shanghai Masters by winning against Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 23 seed, 6-4, 6-2 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Monday.

Safiullin, ranked No 61, will play the winner of the match between American Frances Tiafoe, the No 13 seed, and Chinese wildcard Zhou Yi next.

The Russian defeated Kazakh qualifier Beibit Zhukayev (7-6, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

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
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Yi Zhou
• Marcos Giron vs. Karen Khachanov
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. David Goffin
• Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Jordan Thompson vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• 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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