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Patna : Top seed Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 4th seed Dominic Thiem, Austria, 5th seed Alexander Zverev, Germany, and 6th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, entered the Round of 16 of Rolex Shanghai Masters 1,000 at Shanghai, China, on October 9, 2019.
Defending champion and World No 1 Djokovic beat World No 36 Denis Shapovalov, 20, Canada, 6-3, 6-3 in 2nd round in 70 minutes winning 3 break points and 3 games in a row in the match. Djokovic served 3 Aces in the match to 5 by the Canadian. The Serbian won 39 service points to 32 by Shapovalov. Djokovic will face World No 17 Jogn Isner, USA, in the Round of 16 on October 10.
World No 5 Dominic Thiem beat World No 37 Pablo Carreno Busta, 28, Spain, 7-6, 6-3 in 1hr 47 minutes in 2nd round winning 3 games in a row in the match besides a break point. Thiem hammered 11 Aces in the match to 5 by Busta. The Austrian won 54 service points to 48 by the Spaniard. Busta wasted 3 set points in the 10th game of first set.
World No 6 Alexander Zverev edged past World No 71 Jeremy Chardy, 32, France, 7-6, 7-6 in 1hr 47 minutes in 2nd round. Zverev hammered 19 Aces in the match to 8 by Chardy. Both the players won 2 break points each in the match. Zverev won 59 service points in the match to 56 by Chardy.
World No 7 Tsitsipas edged past World No 19 Felix Auger Aliassime, 19, Canada, 7-6, 7-6 in 2nd round in 2hr 2 minutes. Aliassime though hammered 11 Aces in the match to 5 by Tsitsipas. Both the players won 1 break point each and 2 games each in a row in the match. Tsitsipas won 59 service points to 56 by Aliassime. Tsitsipas will face World No 34 Hubert Hurkacz, 22, Poland, in next round.
World No 14 David Goffin, Belgium, also entered the Round of 16 after his 2nd round opponent and World No 57 Mikhail Kukushkin, 31, Kazakhstan, retired due to injury in 2nd set trailing 2-6, 0-3. Goffin will face 2nd Federer in Round of 16 on October 10.
World No 33 Andrey Rublev, 21, Russia, brushed aside World No 58 John Millman, 30, Australia, 6-2, 6-0 to enter the Round of 16 winning 5 break points and 9 games in a row in the match. Rublev fired 7 Aces in the match to 5 by Millman, who had reached the final of China Open last week. Rublev will face Zverev in Round of 16 on October 10.