ATP Shanghai: Cobolli beats Wawrinka and advances to the third round

Flavio Cobolli beats Stan Wawrinka in the second round of the Rolex Shanghai Masters, the ATP 1000 tournament staged on the hard court of the economic capital of China (with prize money of 8,995,555 dollars). The 22-year-old tennis player from Rome, number 30 in the world, beat the 39-year-old Swiss, number 236 in the ATP ranking, in three sets with a score of 6-7 7-6 6-3.

“He’s a legend of our sport, it’s a pleasure to play with him on a pitch like this. It was a very tough match but I had a lot of motivation. My father had played with him and won and then I wanted to play with Nole tomorrow. Now I have the opportunity and I want to enjoy it”, said Cobolli at the end of the match. In the third round Cobolli will, in fact, face Novak Djokovic. “Another idol of mine, I still go to sleep watching his best shots and I want to appreciate all the points of the match on this court,” added Cobolli