Shanghai Masters: Fritz through to third round

American Taylor Fritz, the No 7 seed, advanced to the third round of the Shanghai Masters by winning against French qualifier Terence Atmane 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Monday.

Fritz and Atmane spent an hour, 54 minutes on the court but their match spanned three days due to inclement weather in Shanghai.

The two players exchanged one break each with Fritz hitting 26 winners and six aces.

Fritz, ranked No 7, will play Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki next.

Atmane, ranked No 161, defeated American Aleksandar Kovacevic (6-4, 7-6 (4)) in the previous round of the Shanghai tournament.

Shanghai Masters 1000, other second-round results (Qi Zhong Tennis Center, hard, USD 8.995.555, most recent results first):

• Flavio Cobolli vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Yi Zhou
• Marcos Giron vs. Karen Khachanov
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. David Goffin
• Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Jordan Thompson vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Bublik
• Alexander Zverev (2) beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Novak Djokovic (4) beat Alex Michelsen: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (9)
• 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 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

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