Shanghai Masters: Cerundolo beats McDonald to book spot in third round

Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 20 seed, advanced to the third round of the Shanghai Masters by beating American Mackenzie McDonald 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) at the Qi Zhong Stadium.

Cerundolo, ranked No 21, will play the winner of the match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 14 seed, and Hungarian Marton Fucsovics next.

In the previous round of the Shanghai tournament, McDonald, ranked No 38, won against Frenchman Corentin Moutet (6-2, 6-3).

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
• Quentin Halys vs. Andrey Rublev
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Jannik Sinner vs. Marcos Giron
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Karen Khachanov
• Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Daniel Evans
• Cristian Garin vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Ugo Humbert
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aleksandar Vukic
• Tommy Paul vs. Sebastian Ofner
• J.J. Wolf vs. Cameron Norrie
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Rinky Hijikata
• Terence Atmane vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Zverev
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Zhizhen Zhang
• Dane Sweeny vs. Sebastian Baez
• Sebastian Korda vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Ben Shelton vs. Jaume Munar
• Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Lorenzo Musetti: friday
• Brandon Nakashima beat Holger Rune (3): 6-0, 6-2
• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Marton Fucsovics: friday
• 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