Zverev beats De Minaur 6-4 6-4 in Shanghai quarter-final
Alexander Zverev saved all 5 break points he faced and converted both of his own, which was enough for a straight-sets win.
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Alexander Zverev saved all 5 break points he faced and converted both of his own, which was enough for a straight-sets win.
Two Quarter-finals in Shanghai put the world No. 13 against the world No. 24, then the world No. 5 against the world No. 17.
Rafael Jodar lost the first-set tiebreak and then took the next two sets, winning 4 of 9 break points along the way.
Two Shanghai quarter-finals are on today’s schedule, with the world No. 2 meeting the world No. 9 and No. 56 facing No. 26.
Zverev took the deciding tiebreak 7-1 after Bublik had forced a third set.
Casper Ruud and Felix Auger-Aliassime, the world No. 6, meet first in the Round of 16 at the Shanghai ATP 1000, with Daniil Medvedev and Tommy Paul also due on court.
Four Round of 16 matches finished at the Shanghai Masters, with Alexander Zverev winning the longest scoreline 7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(1).
Jodar took the second-set tiebreak 7-2 and carried that into a deciding set he won 6-4.
Zizou Bergs, ranked No. 39, knocked out world No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz in a day of Round of 32 results at the Shanghai ATP 1000.