Shanghai Masters: Wawrinka into second round

Swiss wildcard Stan Wawrinka defeated Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6 (2), 7-6 (6) to advance to the second round of the Shanghai Masters at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Thursday afternoon.

Wawrinka, ranked No 233, will face No 28 seed Flavio Cobolli 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
• Terence Atmane (Q) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Mattia Bellucci (Q) beat Billy Harris (LL): 6-3, 6-4
• Zizou Bergs beat Zhizhen Zhang: 6-4, 6-3
• Roman Safiullin beat Beibit Zhukayev (Q): 7-6, 6-4
• Yosuke Watanuki (Q) beat Pavel Kotov: 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-5
• 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