Rejuvenated Schwartzman upsets Fritz in Shanghai for first top 10 win in 2023

Argentinian wildcard Diego Schwartzman reached the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters by edging out American Taylor Fritz, the No 7 seed, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Monday night.

The former top 10 player came from 5-3 down in the decider to clinch his best win, by ranking, this year, and his first top 10 win since 2022.

Schwartzman, ranked No 130, will face the winner of the match between Italian Lorenzo Sonego and Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 22 seed, next.

The Argentinian beat Frenchman Luca Van Assche (5-7, 6-3, 6-2) and No 27 seed Jiri Lehecka (6-4, 3-6, 6-2) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of the Shanghai tournament, Fritz, ranked No 8, edged out Japanese Yosuke Watanuki (7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 6-4).

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

• Matteo Arnaldi vs. J.J. Wolf
• Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Ugo Humbert
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Daniel Evans
• Lorenzo Sonego vs. Nicolas Jarry: monday
• Andrey Rublev (5) beat Adrian Mannarino (31): 6-3, 6-0
• Tommy Paul vs. Arthur Fils: monday
• Grigor Dimitrov (18) beat Karen Khachanov (13): 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Jannik Sinner (6) beat Sebastian Baez (25): 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Francisco Cerundolo (20) beat Marton Fucsovics: 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
• Fabian Marozsan beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 6-3
• Ben Shelton (19) beat Roman Safiullin: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• 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 (8) beat Christopher Eubanks (29): 6-4, 6-2