Shanghai Masters 2024 Spherical 2 Recap

The spherical of sixty-four in Shanghai is formally far and wide, because the climate has created many scheduling issues.

Consequently, some gamers could have accomplished their third-round matches earlier than gamers within the second spherical have even began.

Maybe that’s the one good thing about the two-week-long Masters 1000 occasions, as they permit some leeway if the climate isn’t taking part in ball and solely the stadium court docket has a roof like on the Qhizong Tennis Park.

Nonetheless, general, there are nonetheless 9 rounds of 64 matches to be performed, and the present forecast suggests they might even spill over into Monday, which isn’t good for gamers who’re unlikely to be scheduled on Stadium Courtroom.

Shanghai Masters 2024 Spherical of 64 Outcomes

Winner	Loser	Scoreline
Jannik Sinner	Taro Daniel	6-1 6-4
Tomas Martin Etcheverry	Botic van de Zandschulp	7-6(5) 3-6 7-5
Roberto Carballes Baena	Arthur Fils (21)	7-6(4) 7-6(5)
Ben Shelton (14)	Denis Shapovalov (Q)	6-3 7-5
Stefanos Tstisipas (10)	Kei Nishikori (WC)	7-6(6) 6-4
Alexander Muller	Felix Auger-Aliassime (18)	6-3 6-2
Matteo Arnaldi (29)	Zachary Svajda (Q)	6-7(2) 6-2 6-4
Daniil Medvedev	Thiago Seyboth Wild	7-5 7-5
Carlos Alcaraz (3)	Jerry Shang	6-2 6-2
Yibing Wu (WC)	Nicolas Jarry (25)	6-2 6-1
Gael Monfils	Sebastian Baez (22)	6-3 4-6 6-4
Ugo Humbert (16)	Arthur Cazaux	6-3 6-2
Tommy Paul (11)	Fabio Fognini	6-1 6-3
Alejandro Tabilo (19)	Arthur Rinderknech	6-3 6-2
Tomas Machac (30)	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	1-6 7-6(3) 6-4
Aleksandar Vukic (Q)	Casper Ruud (8)	6-4 6-4
Jakub Mensik	Andrey Rublev (6)	6-7(6) 6-4 6-3
Aleksander Shevchenko	Francisco Cerundolo (27)	7-6(7) 7-5
Alexie Popyrin (20)	Miomir Kecmanovic	6-3 6-2
Grigor Dimitrov (9)	Zizou Bergs	6-3 2-6 6-2
Frances Tiafoe (13)	Yi Zhou (WC)	6-2 6-4
Roman Safiullin	Alexander Bublik (23)	6-4 6-2
Flavio Cobolli (28) vs Stan Wawrinka (WC)	Flavio Cobolli (28) vs Stan Wawrinka (WC)	To be performed
Novak Djokovic (4)	Alex Michelsen	7-6(3) 7-6(9)
Taylor Fritz (7)	Terence Atmane (Q)	7-6(4) 7-6(5)
Yosuke Watanuki (Q)	Brandon Nakashima (32)	7-6(4) 6-3
Jiri Lehecka (33)	Jaume Munar	7-6(6) 6-4
Holger Rune (12)	Matteo Berrettini	4-6 6-4 6-3
David Goffin	Lorenzo Musetti (15)	6-1 6-7(6) 6-2
Marcos Giron	Karen Khachanov (24)	6-4 6-3
Tallon Griekspoor	Jordan Thompson (26)	6-2 6-2
Alexander Zverev (2)	Matteo Bellucci (Q)	6-4 6-2

Sinner Begins Sturdy

WADA is searching for a one—to two-year ban for Jannik Sinner, however to date, it doesn’t seem to have impacted his stage of tennis, no less than not a lot. He notched up his sixtieth win of the season by defeating Japan’s Taro Daniel 6-1, 6-4 in his opening match on the Rolex Shanghai Masters.

Sinner holds a 60-6 win-loss file and 6 titles in 2024. He stays undefeated in opening-round matches this yr, having reached the quarter-finals in all 13 tournaments he has performed. He boasts a outstanding 51-0 file towards gamers ranked outdoors the High 20 since dropping to No. 66 Dusan Lajovic in Cincinnati final yr.

 Sinner will face Tomas Martin Etcheverry within the third spherical, and he might probably have a rematch towards 14th seed Ben Shelton, who eradicated him from the ATP Masters 1000 in Shanghai final yr.

I felt fairly snug at the moment. I really feel bodily in fine condition, which is essential for me. After all, I’ll attempt to enhance for tomorrow’s efficiency, however at the moment I used to be serving properly, particularly in necessary moments, and was transferring properly. Sinner on his win.

Alcaraz Sinks Shang

Carlos Alcaraz kicked off his Shanghai marketing campaign towards Shang Juncheng with a commanding 6-2, 6-2 victory, accumulating his tenth match win in a row.

Alcaraz confronted a brief turnaround after his Beijing ultimate win. Nonetheless, he was filled with vitality towards Shang, mixing up his sport with loads of web forays and glorious court docket protection to comfortably dispatch the Chinese language participant who lifted the title in Chengdu.

Subsequent, Alcaraz will face one other Chinese language participant, Wu Yibing, within the third spherical, and I’d count on the same scoreline. I used to be fearful about Alcara’z through the latter a part of the season after his loss within the Olympics and the US Open, however the Davis Cup and Laver Cup have restored his confidence.

I’m not used to taking part in towards gamers youthful than me. He has been taking part in good tennis currently, lifting his first ATP [title in Chengdu], so I’m fairly certain he’s going to climb the rankings. I’m simply pleased to to have the ability to win these sorts of matches. On the web he informed me that it’s a pleasure share the court docket with you. So these sorts of issues that I hear from [younger players], it’s nice. Alcaraz on his win.

Djokovic Mitigates Michelsen

Novak Djokovic might win his one centesimal title this week. He shook off some inevitable rust in his sport earlier than seeing off Alex Michelsen 7-6(3), 7-6(9).

Djokovic hasn’t performed in Asia since 2019, and since his loss in New York, there hasn’t been a lot data on how onerous he’s been coaching. The Serb began the match slowly, profitable simply 4 factors within the first three video games as Michelsen surged to a 4-1 lead of their first assembly.

Nonetheless, Djokovic broke again when Michelsen faltered within the seventh sport, finally taking the primary set in a tie-break.

The second set noticed Djokovic lead 4-1, however Michelsen fought again to even the rating at 4-all. Djokovic saved set factors at 7/8 and eight/9 within the tie-break earlier than sealing the match after one hour and 55 minutes.

It was the primary match towards Alex and I additionally hadn’t performed shortly, so it took me a bit time to get the rust off. He began off terrifically; large serves and an aggressive fashion of tennis… he’s not afraid to step it up and take it to his opponent. It was a really shut encounter and I assumed a excessive stage of tennis in each units. I’m simply glad to maintain calm when it mattered within the second-set tie-break. Djokovic on his win.

2024 Shanghai Masters Spherical of 32 Matches