SHANGHAI — Jannik Sinner made a stable begin to his Shanghai Masters title defence, beating Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to avenge a loss two years in the past on the French Open.
The victory prolonged the second-ranked Sinner’s profitable streak to 6 matches following his China Open title in Beijing on Wednesday.
“I knew earlier than the match it was going to be very troublesome in the present day,” Sinner mentioned. “I didn’t have loads of time to adapt right here. Nevertheless it makes it much more particular.”
Sinner hadn’t performed Altmaier for the reason that German beat him over 5 units within the second spherical at Roland Garros in 2023 — when Sinner wasted two match factors.
Sinner’s third-round opponent might be Tallon Griekspoor, whom he leads 6-0 in profession conferences.
High-ranked Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from Shanghai resulting from a left ankle harm.
“All the pieces is completely different. It’s far more humid and it may really feel far more bodily right here,” Sinner mentioned when requested about adapting from Beijing to Shanghai. “I attempted to relaxation. However it’s troublesome after you win a title. You must have an awesome steadiness of follow. Clearly now the precedence is to really feel pretty much as good as I can bodily for the following one.”
De Minaur and Auger Aliassime advance
Seventh-seeded Alex de Minaur superior with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Camilo Ugo Carabelli after getting beat by Sinner within the Beijing semifinals.
In different early matches, Daniil Medvedev routed qualifier Dalibor Svrcina 6-1, 6-1; Yoshihito Nishioka upset Thirteenth-seeded Andrey Rublev 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, Twelfth-seeded Felix Auger Aliassime beat Alejandro Tabilo 6-3, 6-3 and Kamil Majchrzak defeated Brandon Nakashima, the Twenty ninth-seeded American, 6-4, 6-0.
The highest-seeded gamers acquired first-round byes.
