Shanghai Masters: Marozsan knocks out Lasovic to make last 16
Fabian Marozsan defeated Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-3. He’ll play Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, in the next round
Hungarian Fabian Marozsan advanced to the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters by defeating Serb Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-3 at the Qi Zhong Stadium.
Marozsan, ranked No 91, will face Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed, next.
The Hungarian won against Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech (7-6 (6), 6-2) and Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 11 seed (6-3, 7-5) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds of the Shanghai tournament, Lajovic, ranked No 55, beat Swiss Stan Wawrinka (6-4, 7-6 (7)) and Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 23 seed (6-4, 3-2 ret.).
Shanghai Masters, other third-round results (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8.800.000, most recent results first):
- Tommy Paul vs. Arthur Fils
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. J.J. Wolf
- Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Ugo Humbert
- Diego Schwartzman vs. Taylor Fritz
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Karen Khachanov
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Daniel Evans
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Jannik Sinner vs. Sebastian Baez
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Francisco Cerundolo: sunday
- Ben Shelton vs. Roman Safiullin: sunday
- Hubert Hurkacz (16) beat Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Sebastian Korda (26) beat Daniil Medvedev (2): 7-6 (8), 6-2
- Casper Ruud beat Christopher Eubanks (29): 6-4, 6-2