Monfils to face Alcaraz in Shanghai Masters last 16

Frenchman Gael Monfils reached the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters by winning against No 16 seed Ugo Humbert 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-1 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Monfils and Humbert were locked in for more than two hours during the three-setter that saw both players break each other’s serves three times each.

The veteran Frenchman hit 10 aces and 28 winners against the youngsters 5 and 23, respectively, to advance.

Monfils, ranked No 46, will face Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the No 3 seed, next. Alcaraz maintains a 2-1 lead in the head-to-head, but the 38-year-old prevailed (4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4) in their latest match-up at Cincinnati Masters earlier this year.

In the previous rounds of the Shanghai tournament, Gael Monfils beat Bosnian Damir Dzumhur (6-4, 6-3) and edged out Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 22 seed (6-3, 4-6, 6-4).

Humbert, ranked No 15, defeated Arthur Cazaux (6-3, 6-2) in the previous round of the Shanghai tournament.

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

• Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alexander Zverev
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Novak Djokovic
• David Goffin vs. Marcos Giron
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Holger Rune
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Roman Safiullin
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Ben Shelton
• Taylor Fritz vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Jakub Mensik beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Tomas Machac (30) beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (10) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-3, 7-5
• Tommy Paul (11) beat Alejandro Tabilo (19): 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz beat Yibing Wu (WC): 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (31): 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Matteo Arnaldi (29): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

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