Rolex Shanghai Masters—Shanghai, China
Talented Dane Holger Rune continued his struggles on the ATP Tour on Friday, losing to American Brandon Nakashima 6-0, 6-2.
Rune has won only one match since reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
Elsewhere, No. 8 seed Casper Ruud, No. 16 seed Hubert Hurkacz, No. 19 seed Ben Shelton and No. 29 seed Christopher Eubanks all advanced to the round of 32.
No. 9 seed Alexander Zverev and No. 11 seed Alex de Minaur joined Rune on the sidelines, losing to Roman Safiullin and Fabian Marozsan, respectfully.
Saturday’s schedule in Shanghai will be highlighted by top seed Carlos Alcaraz, No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev, No. 4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and No. 6 seed and recent Beijing champion Jannik Sinner.
Catch all the action live from Shanghai on Tennis TV.
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Second-round results:
Brandon Nakashima Defeats (3) Holger Rune 60 62
(8) Casper Ruud Defeats Yoshihito Nishioka 75 60
Roman Safiullin Defeats (9) Alexander Zverev 63 61
Fabian Marozsan Defeats (11) Alex de Minaur 63 75
Marton Fucsovics Defeats (14) Felix Auger-Aliassime 76(3) 46 63
(16) Hubert Hurkacz Defeats Thanasi Kokkinakis 76(5) 64
Yu Hsiou Hsu Defeats (17) Lorenzo Musetti 63 64
(19) Ben Shelton Defeats Jaume Munar 64 64
(20) Francisco Cerundolo Defeats Mackenzie McDonald 76(4) 76(5)
Dusan Lajovic Defeats (23) Tallon Griekspoor 64 32 (RET)
(25) Sebastian Baez Defeats Dane Sweeny 62 64
(26) Sebastian Korda Defeats Yunchaokete Bu 61 64
Zhizhen Zhang Defeats (28) Tomas Martin Etcheverry 46 63 64
(29) Christopher Eubanks Defeats Yannick Hanfmann 46 63 62
