Shanghai Masters: Sinner moves into third round with 250th tour-level win
Jannik Sinner won against Taro Daniel 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday and will face Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 31 seed, in the next round
Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, defeated Japanese Taro Daniel 6-1, 6-4 to move into the third round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Saturday.
He is the first man born in the 2000s to record 250 tour-level wins, and this was his 60th match win this year – a tour-leading figure.
Sinner, ranked No 1, will play Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 31 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Shanghai tournament, Daniel, ranked No 93, edged out Belarusian qualifier Egor Gerasimov (6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4).
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
- Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Bublik
- Marcos Giron vs. Karen Khachanov
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Yi Zhou
- Taylor Fritz vs. Terence Atmane
- Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov: saturday
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic: saturday
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Jaume Munar: saturday
- Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Brandon Nakashima (32): 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Alexander Shevchenko beat Francisco Cerundolo (27): 7-6 (7), 7-5
- Andrey Rublev vs. Jakub Mensik: saturday
- 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 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