Shanghai Masters: 183rd-ranked Hsu edges Purcell, advances to second round

Qualifier Yu Hsiou Hsu edged out Australian Max Purcell 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 to reach the second round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.

Hsu, ranked No 183, will face No 17 seed Lorenzo Musetti next.

Shanghai Masters, other first-round results (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):

• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Juncheng Shang
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Luca Van Assche
• Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Sebastian Ofner
• J.J. Wolf vs. Pedro Cachin
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Quentin Halys
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Jordan Thompson vs. Terence Atmane
• Pavel Kotov vs. Arthur Fils
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Laslo Djere
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Stefano Napolitano
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Philip Sekulic vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alexandre Muller
• Nuno Borges vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Roman Safiullin beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 6-2
• Cristian Garin beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (10)
• Marcos Giron beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Richard Gasquet: 6-1, 6-2
• Marton Fucsovics beat Denis Yevseyev (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 6-3
• Yannick Hanfmann beat James Duckworth (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Jaume Munar beat Rigele Te (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Dane Sweeny (Q) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Yunchaokete Bu (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (6), 6-2, 2-1 ret.
• Brandon Nakashima beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Dusan Lajovic beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2)