Tsitsipas sets up Medvedev meeting in Shanghai Masters last 16

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 10 seed, defeated Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Tuesday.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 12, will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed, next.

The Greek won against Japanese wildcard Kei Nishikori (7-6 (6), 6-4) ahead of his victory.

In the previous rounds of the Shanghai tournament, Muller, ranked No 74, beat Italian Luca Nardi (4-6, 6-1, 6-1) and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 18 seed (6-3, 6-2).

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
• Taylor Fritz vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Ben Shelton
• Jakub Mensik vs. Alexander Shevchenko: tuesday
• Tomas Machac (30) beat Aleksandar Vukic (Q): 6-4, 6-2
• Gael Monfils vs. Ugo Humbert: tuesday
• Tommy Paul (11) beat Alejandro Tabilo (19): 6-7 (2), 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) 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 beat Matteo Arnaldi (29): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4

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