Shanghai Masters: Bergs advances to second round
Zizou Bergs defeated Zhizhen Zhang 6-4, 6-3 on Thursday and will play No 9 seed Grigor Dimitrov in the next round
Belgian Zizou Bergs won against Chinese Zhizhen Zhang 6-4, 6-3 to move into the second round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Thursday.
Bergs, ranked No 74, will play No 9 seed Grigor Dimitrov next.
Shanghai Masters 1000, other first-round results (Qi Zhong Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.995.555, most recent results first):
- Alex Michelsen vs. Yunchaokete Bu
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Terence Atmane: thursday
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Billy Harris: thursday
- 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
