Number 7 in world tennis, the American Taylor Fritzand the 10th, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrovdid not fail in their respective matches and achieved two tickets for round of 16 of the Shanghai Masters 1000.
Pretty simple matches for both: Fritz it was cleared in an hour and a quarter by the Japanese Yosuke Watanuki (6-3, 6-4) and Dimitrov in one hour and 28 minutes of Australian Alexei Popyrinwith others strangled in the first set: 7-6(5) and 6-2.
Now, Fritz will wait in the round of 16 for the winner of the duel between the Czech Jiri Lehecka and the Dane Holger Rune, while Dimitrov already knows his rival: the Czech Jakub Mensik, who defeated the Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko today in three sets (6-1, 6-7 (5) and 6-2).
In the round of 32, Fritz defeated the Frenchman Terence Atmane (7-6 (4) and 7-6 (5)), and Dimitrov, the Belgian Zizou Bergs (6-3, 3-6, 6-2 ). Both games started on Saturday on the outer courts before being suspended due to rain, forcing them to finish yesterday on the central court, which has a retractable cover.
Source: La Verdad
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