SHANGHAI — Stefanos Tsitsipas’ rivalry with Daniil Medvedev will add one other chapter after the Greek beat Alexandre Muller 6-3, 7-5 on the Shanghai Masters on Tuesday.
Twelfth-ranked Tsitsipas and the previous US Open champion from Russia will meet for the 14th time, and for the primary time in over a yr. Fifth-ranked Medvedev has a 9-4 command within the head-to-head sequence, which has resulted in an off-court disagreement up to now.
“I take into account him an individual I respect on the tour, greater than earlier than,” mentioned Tsitsipas. “We have had some tense issues in courtroom up to now, however I feel these issues resolved themselves over time, and we had time to speak about these issues and perceive why these items occurred.
“What’s lacking is making an attempt to get a very good win underneath my belt, and that may redeem my efforts to date to attempt to get higher.” My complete objective is to go on the market, play the perfect tennis I can.”
Tsitsipas needed to wait out a two-day rain delay to play his third-round match towards Muller, however he appeared to carry his personal till shedding 5-3 within the second set. Unfazed, the Greek returned to favor to win the match and renew his six-year rivalry with Medvedev.
Sixteenth-seeded Ben Shelton ousted Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3, 6-4, firing eight aces and 24 winners to ship high seed Jannik Sinner into the fourth spherical.
Seventh-seeded Taylor Fritz additionally superior simply, beating Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki 6-3, 6-4, whereas Grigor Dimitrov, taking part in in his a hundredth Masters occasion, defeated Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (5), 6 -3.
Gael Monfils upset Fifteenth-ranked Ugo Humbert 7-6 (7), 2-6, 6-1 in an all-French match. Monfils, 38, ranked forty sixth, is the second oldest participant to succeed in the fourth spherical of the Shanghai Open, following solely Roger Federer (additionally 38) in 2019.
“It is not simple to play Ugo, he is actually aggressive, he performs quick on each side and it takes quite a lot of time for you,” mentioned Monfils, who performs second baseman Carlos Alcaraz subsequent.
“Carlos is in a assured place (as) he simply gained the match (China Open), in order that shall be tough.”
Additionally, Tomas Machac, a semifinalist in Tokyo, eased previous Alexander Vukic of Australia 6-4, 6-2 and faces Thirteenth-ranked Tommy Paul within the third spherical.
In a while Tuesday, four-time champion Novak Djokovic performs his third-round match towards Flavio Cobolli, trying to seize his a hundredth profession title. Third-seeded Alexander Zverev faces Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands within the night time match.
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Katerina Siniakova comfortably gained 6-3, 6-1 over Alexandra Eala of the Philippines to arrange a second spherical match towards defending champion Aryna Sabalenka.
Second-ranked Sabalenka, who final gained the title in 2019, solely must make the quarterfinals in Wuhan to reclaim the highest spot from Iga Swiatek, who withdrew from the Asian girls’s match citing fatigue and private causes. Swiatek lately parted methods with coach Tomasz Wiktorowski.
Magda Linette of Poland beat Twenty third-ranked Liudmila Samsononova 6-2, 6-2, whereas Ekaterina Alexandrova beat former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin of the US 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Different winners included Britain’s Katie Boulter, America’s Amanda Anisimova, Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova and Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian, who was adopted by Paris Olympics gold medalist Zheng Qinwen.
After successful 24 factors on the China Open final week, Zhang Shuai’s fortunes circled in Wuhan as she misplaced to Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 6-4 within the first spherical.
The highest eight seeds, together with Sabalenka and China Open champion Coco Gauff, acquired first-round byes.
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