Shanghai Masters: Zhou advances as Nishioka quits in first round
Zhou will play No 13 seed Frances Tiafoe in the next round
(Baptiste Autissier / Panoramic)
Chinese wildcard Zhou Yi moved into the second round of the Shanghai Masters when Japanese Nishioka Yoshihito retired at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Thursday.
Zhou, ranked No 446, trailed 2-4 when Nishioka, ranked No 59, pulled out after experiencing cramps in his legs.
The 19-year-old Chinese will face No 13 seed Frances Tiafoe 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
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Zizou Bergs
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Billy Harris
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Terence Atmane
- Pavel Kotov vs. Yosuke Watanuki
- Beibit Zhukayev vs. Roman Safiullin
- Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
- Li Tu vs. Marcos Giron
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Jakub Mensik vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
- David Goffin vs. James Duckworth
- Jaume Munar vs. Hugo Gaston
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Rinky Hijikata
- 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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