Shanghai Masters: Zverev eases through second round

German Alexander Zverev, the second seed, reached the third round of the Shanghai Masters by defeating Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci 6-4, 6-2 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Saturday.

This was Zverev’s first outing after the Laver Cup and he needed less than 100 minutes to come up with the win after having received a bye in the first round.

The German produced a clinical performance, keeping his serve intact, hitting seven aces and 18 winners, and converting three break points to ease through Bellucci in the second round.

Zverev, ranked No 3, will face the winner of the match between Australian Jordan Thompson, the No 26 seed, and Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor next.

In the previous round of the Shanghai tournament, Bellucci, ranked No 101, won against lucky loser Billy Harris (6-3, 6-4).

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

• Marcos Giron vs. Karen Khachanov
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. David Goffin
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Yi Zhou
• Jordan Thompson vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Taylor Fritz vs. Terence Atmane
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Bublik
• Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• 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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