Shanghai Masters: Alcaraz beats Barrère to move into third round

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, reached the third round of the Shanghai Masters by winning against Frenchman Gregoire Barrere 6-2, 7-5 at the Qi Zhong Stadium.

Alcaraz, ranked No 2, will face the winner of the match between Kazakh qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin and No 30 seed Daniel Evans next.

Barrere, ranked No 73, beat Portuguese Nuno Borges (6-2, 6-2) in the previous round of the Shanghai tournament.

Shanghai Masters, other second-round results (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Karen Khachanov
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Daniel Evans
• Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• J.J. Wolf vs. Cameron Norrie
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Ugo Humbert
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Taylor Fritz
• Jannik Sinner (6) beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (7), 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-3
• Matteo Arnaldi beat Jan-Lennard Struff (21): 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Nicolas Jarry (22) beat Terence Atmane (Q): 7-5, 6-2
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-0
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (4) beat Rinky Hijikata (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Roman Safiullin beat Alexander Zverev (9): 6-3, 6-1
• Sebastian Korda (26) beat Yunchaokete Bu (WC): 6-1, 6-4
• Sebastian Baez (25) beat Dane Sweeny (Q): 6-2, 6-4
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (28): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (16) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Ben Shelton (19) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 6-4
• Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (17): 6-3, 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima beat Holger Rune (3): 6-0, 6-2
• Marton Fucsovics beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (14): 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3
• Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
• Fabian Marozsan beat Alex De Minaur (11): 6-3, 7-5
• Dusan Lajovic beat Tallon Griekspoor (23): 6-4, 3-2 ret.
• Christopher Eubanks (29) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Casper Ruud (8) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 7-5, 6-0