Shanghai Masters: Watanuki makes second round

Japanese qualifier Watanuki Yosuke advanced to the second round of the Shanghai Masters by edging out Russian Pavel Kotov 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-5 at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Thursday.

Watanuki, ranked No 337, will play No 32 seed Brandon Nakashima next.

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

• Alex Michelsen vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Terence Atmane
• Mattia Bellucci vs. Billy Harris
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Zizou Bergs
• Roman Safiullin beat Beibit Zhukayev (Q): 7-6, 6-4
• Alexander Shevchenko beat Ramkumar Ramanathan (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (3)
• Marcos Giron beat Li Tu (Q): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Tallon Griekspoor beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Jakub Mensik beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
• Matteo Berrettini beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-6 (9), 7-6 (6)
• David Goffin beat James Duckworth: 6-4, 6-2
• Jaume Munar beat Hugo Gaston: 6-3, 6-3
• Yi Zhou (WC) beat Yoshihito Nishioka: 2-4 ret.
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Rinky Hijikata: 6-2, 6-2
• Kei Nishikori (WC) beat Mariano Navone: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Daniel Evans (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
• Taro Daniel beat Egor Gerasimov (Q): 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Gabriel Diallo (Q): 7-5, 7-6 (7)
• Juncheng Shang beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong (WC): 6-4, 6-4
• Zachary Svajda (Q) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 1-6, 6-0
• Aleksandar Vukic (Q) beat Corentin Moutet: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Denis Shapovalov (Q) beat Lorenzo Sonego: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8)
• Fabio Fognini beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
• Arthur Cazaux beat Marin Cilic: 6-4, 6-4
• Roberto Carballes Baena beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Gael Monfils beat Damir Dzumhur: 6-4, 6-3
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Reilly Opelka: 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Alexandre Muller beat Luca Nardi: 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Pablo Carreno Busta: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Yibing Wu (WC) beat Sumit Nagal: 6-3, 6-3

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