Shanghai Masters: Arnaldi battles past Struff to reach third round

Italian Matteo Arnaldi edged out German Jan-Lennard Struff, the No 21 seed, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to advance to the third round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium.

Arnaldi, ranked No 42, will face the winner of the match between American J.J. Wolf and No 15 seed Cameron Norrie next.

The 22-year-old Italian edged out Australian Alexei Popyrin (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) ahead of his victory.

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

• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Taylor Fritz
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Karen Khachanov
• Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Daniel Evans
• Jannik Sinner vs. Marcos Giron
• Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Ugo Humbert: saturday
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Sonego: saturday
• Daniil Medvedev (2) beat Cristian Garin: 6-3, 6-3
• Nicolas Jarry (22) beat Terence Atmane (Q): 7-5, 6-2
• J.J. Wolf vs. Cameron Norrie: saturday
• 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