Shanghai Masters: Sonego reaches second round, to play Tiafoe next

Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego reached the second round of the Shanghai Masters by defeating Australian qualifier Philip Sekulic 6-3, 6-2 at the Qi Zhong Stadium on Thursday.

Sonego, ranked No 59, will play No 10 seed Frances Tiafoe next. The Italian leads the series between him and Tiafoe by 2-1 ad has won their last two encounters.

Shanghai Masters, other first-round matches (Qi Zhong Stadium, hard, USD 8,800,000):

• Gregoire Barrere beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 6-2
• Roman Safiullin beat Andy Murray: 6-3, 6-2
• Cristian Garin beat Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (10)
• Yu Hsiou Hsu (Q) beat Max Purcell: 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4
• Marcos Giron beat Daniel Elahi Galan: 6-4, 6-2
• Zhizhen Zhang beat Richard Gasquet: 6-1, 6-2
• Marton Fucsovics beat Denis Yevseyev (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Mackenzie McDonald beat Corentin Moutet: 6-2, 6-3
• Yannick Hanfmann beat James Duckworth (Q): 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3
• Fabian Marozsan beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Jaume Munar beat Rigele Te (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Dane Sweeny (Q) beat Taro Daniel: 6-2, 6-3
• Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Fabio Fognini (WC): 6-2, 6-4
• Yunchaokete Bu (WC) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-7 (6), 6-2, 2-1 ret.
• Brandon Nakashima beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Dusan Lajovic beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2)
• Yosuke Watanuki vs. Juncheng Shang
• Diego Schwartzman vs. Luca Van Assche
• Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Sebastian Ofner
• J.J. Wolf vs. Pedro Cachin
• Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Christopher O’Connell
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Quentin Halys
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Matteo Arnaldi
• Jordan Thompson vs. Terence Atmane
• Pavel Kotov vs. Arthur Fils
• Rinky Hijikata vs. Laslo Djere
• Beibit Zhukayev vs. Stefano Napolitano
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
• Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alexandre Muller

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