Shanghai Masters: Djokovic advances to third round

Serb Novak Djokovic, the No 4 seed, reached the third round of the Shanghai Masters by defeating American Alex Michelsen 7-6 (3), 7-6 (9) at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Saturday.

Djokovic now has 35 match wins in Shanghai as he seeks a fifth title there.

And with team events included, he has now won his past 33 ATP-level matches against American opponents, with his last defeat coming to Sam Querrey at Wimbledon in the 2016 round of 32.

Djokovic, ranked No 4, will face the winner of the match between Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 28 seed, and Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka next.

Michelsen, ranked No 43, won against Chinese Bu Yunchaokete (6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of the Shanghai tournament.

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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
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Alexander Zverev
• 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