Shanghai Masters: Qualifier Watanuki reaches third round, beats Nakashima

Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki beat American Brandon Nakashima, the No 32 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to move into the third round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Saturday night.

Watanuki, ranked No 336, will play the winner of the match between American Taylor Fritz, the No 7 seed, and French qualifier Terence Atmane next.

The Japanese edged out Russian Pavel Kotov (6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-5) ahead of his victory.

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
• Marcos Giron vs. Karen Khachanov
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Holger Rune
• Roman Safiullin vs. Alexander Bublik
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Yi Zhou
• Taylor Fritz vs. Terence Atmane
• Zizou Bergs vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Jaume Munar
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
• Jannik Sinner vs. Taro Daniel: saturday
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Francisco Cerundolo: saturday
• 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 (31) 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