Nice Britain’s Cameron Norrie claimed a primary win since September’s US Open, beating Frenchman Arthur Cazaux in a third-set tie-break to succeed in the third spherical of the Shanghai Masters.
The British quantity two was knocked out by Novak Djokovic within the third spherical at Flushing Meadows and has since tasted back-to-back defeats in Chengdu and Beijing.
But it surely proved to be third time fortunate in China for Norrie because the five-time winner on the ATP Tour clinched a rollercoaster 6-3 0-6 7-6 (7-5) victory over the world quantity 70.
Elsewhere, world quantity two Jannik Sinner started the defence of his title in Shanghai with a cushty 6-3 6-3 win over Germany’s Daniel Altmaier.
Sinner, who gained the China Open final week, broke early in each units as he eased into the third spherical on the Qizhong Forest Sports activities Metropolis Area.
The Italian will face Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands within the subsequent spherical.
Germany’s Alexander Zverev overcame a foot downside to safe his place within the third spherical with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Valentin Royer.
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev breezed by way of his match with Czech qualifier Dalibor Svrcina, wrapping up a 6-1 6-1 win in 60 minutes.
Nonetheless, Medvedev’s compatriot Andrey Rublev was knocked out, falling to a shock 2-6 6-1 6-4 defeat by Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka.
Alex de Minaur, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Lorenzo Musetti all got here by way of their matches to succeed in the final 32.
