The Italian Flavio Cobolli He beat the Swiss on Monday Stan Wawrinka to earn a place in the round of 32 of the Shanghai 1,000 Masters, where tomorrow, Tuesday, he will face the number 4 in world tennis and the player who has won the most of that trophy (4), the Serbian Novak Djokovic.
The match lasted two and a half hours, with two very close sets (6-7 (6) and 7-6 (4)), but in the last set the young man’s drive Cobolli He won (6-3) with veteran experience Wawrinkasupported by the love of Chinese fans.
This match closed a day marked by rain, which prevented, for the second consecutive day, the celebration of duels on the outdoor courts of the complex. Qizhongwhich affects singles and doubles.
The situation caused a new postponement of confrontations like the Spanish Roberto Carballes with the American Ben Shilton or the French measurer Gael Monfils and Ugo Humbertthe last match where the rival will appear in the round of 16 for the number two in the world, Carlos Alcaraz.
After three days of rain, skies are expected to remain clear for the rest of the tournament, which concludes next Sunday, October 13.
The only matches played today are indoors: both on the center court, which has a retractable cover, and on the closed courts normally used for training.
In the main venue, the American Taylor Fritz (7th in the ATP ranking) and the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (10th) resumed the matches they abandoned midway through Saturday due to rain to advance in the tournament at the expense of the Frenchman Terence Atmane (7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)) and the Belgian Zizou Bergs (6-3, 3-6, 6-2), respectively.
Behind them, the American Frances Tiafoe eliminated (6-2, 6-4) the last Chinese player left ‘alive’, Zhou Yiand the Danish Holger Rune He had to go to the third set to defeat Italian Matteo Berrettini (4-6, 6-4, 6-3).
On the training court, Russian Roman Safiullin defeated Kazakh Alexander Bublik (6-4, 6-2); American Marcos Giron, Russian Karen Khachanov (6-4, 6-3); the Belgian David Goffin, the Italian Lorenzo Musetti (1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2), and the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor, the Australian Jordan Thompson (6-3, 6-2).
The winner of that final match will have to face the current number 3 in world tennis and second seed in the championship, the German, in the round of 32. Alexander Zverevwho defeated the Italian Mattia Bellucci in the previous round.
Besides Zverev and Djokovic, this Tuesday’s menu will also feature duels starring important names such as Fritz, Dimitrov or Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Source: La Verdad
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