Shanghai Masters: Kukushkin retires, Evans through to third round

No 30 seed Daniel Evans moved into the third round of the Shanghai Masters when Kazakh qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin retired at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Sunday.

Evans, ranked No 33, led 6-2, 3-0 when Kukushkin, ranked No 245, pulled out on Sunday night at the Qi Zhong Stadium.

Daniel Evans will play Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, next.

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: sunday
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Karen Khachanov: sunday
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Aleksandar Vukic: sunday
• Arthur Fils beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (24): 6-2, 7-5
• J.J. Wolf beat Cameron Norrie (15): 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4)
• Ugo Humbert (32) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Frances Tiafoe (10): 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
• Taylor Fritz (7) beat Yosuke Watanuki: 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-2, 7-5
• 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