Shanghai Masters 2024 Round 2 Recap

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

In consequence, some gamers may have accomplished their third-round matches earlier than gamers within the second spherical have even began.

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

Nonetheless, total, 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 this point, it doesn’t seem to have impacted his degree 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 document and 6 titles in 2024. He stays undefeated in opening-round matches this 12 months, having reached the quarter-finals in all 13 tournaments he has performed. He boasts a outstanding 51-0 document towards gamers ranked outdoors the High 20 since shedding to No. 66 Dusan Lajovic in Cincinnati final 12 months.

 Sinner will face Tomas Martin Etcheverry within the third spherical, and he may probably have a rematch towards 14th seed Ben Shelton, who eradicated him from the ATP Masters 1000 in Shanghai final 12 months.

I felt fairly snug right now. I really feel bodily in fine condition, which is essential for me. After all, I’ll attempt to enhance for tomorrow’s efficiency, however right now I used to be serving nicely, particularly in necessary moments, and was transferring nicely. 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, gathering his tenth match win in a row.

Alcaraz confronted a brief turnaround after his Beijing last win. Nonetheless, he was stuffed with power towards Shang, mixing up his recreation 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 might anticipate 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 enjoying towards gamers youthful than me. He has been enjoying good tennis these days, lifting his first ATP [title in Chengdu], so I’m fairly certain he’s going to climb the rankings. I’m simply joyful 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 may win his one hundredth title this week. He shook off some inevitable rust in his recreation 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 laborious he’s been coaching. The Serb began the match slowly, successful 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 recreation, in the end 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; huge serves and an aggressive type of tennis… he’s not afraid to step it up and take it to his opponent. It was a really shut encounter and I believed a excessive degree 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