Shanghai Masters: Lehecka books spot in third round
Jiri Lehecka beat Jaume Munar 7-6 (6), 6-4 on Saturday and will play the winner of the match between Italian Matteo Berrettini and Dane Holger Rune, the No 12 seed, in the next round
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No 33 seed Jiri Lehecka moved into the third round of the Shanghai Masters by winning against Spaniard Jaume Munar 7-6 (6), 6-4 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Saturday.
Lehecka, ranked No 34, will face the winner of the match between Italian Matteo Berrettini and Dane Holger Rune, the No 12 seed, next.
Munar, ranked No 63, defeated Frenchman Hugo Gaston (6-3, 6-3) 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):
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Alexander Zverev
- Alex Michelsen vs. Novak Djokovic
- Jordan Thompson vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. David Goffin
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Marcos Giron vs. Karen Khachanov
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Yi Zhou
- Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Bublik: saturday
- Taylor Fritz vs. Terence Atmane
- Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov: saturday
- Alexei Popyrin (20) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-3, 6-2
- 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
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