In Shanghai Djokovic eliminates Cobolli and advances to the round of 16

Nothing to do for Flavio Cobolli in the third 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 Roman tennis player, 30th in the world ranking and 28th seeding, clearly surrendered to the Serbian Novak Djokovic, n.4 ATP and on the scoreboard, winning with a score of 6-1 6-2. Other third round results: Holger Rune (Den, 12) b. Jiri Lehecka (Cze) 6-4 7-5

In the round of 16 Djokovic will face the Russian Roman Safiullin, who in the third round defeated the American Frances Tiafoe, seeded number 13, with a score of 5-7 7-5 7-6(5).

In the round of 16 Ben Shelton will be the opponent of the Italian and world number 1 Jannik Sinner. In the third round the American tennis player, seeded number 14, beat the Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 6-4. Other third round results: Holger Rune (Den, 12) b. Jiri Lehecka (Cze) 6-4 7-5, Taylor Fritz (USA, 7) b. Yosuke Watanuki (Jpn) 6-3 6-4, Grigor Dimitrov (Bul, 9) b. Alexei Popyrin (Aus, 20) 7-6(5) 6-2, Gael Monfils (Fra) b. Ugo Humbert (Fra, 16) 7-6(7) 2-6 6-1, Jakub Mensik (Cze) b. Alexander Shevchenko (Kaz) 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2.

Fresh from the third title of the season won at the China Open in Beijing, Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori have passed the first round in the doubles tournament. The Emilian and the Piedmontese, seeded number 4 and with more than one foot in the Finals in Turin, prevailed on their debut over the pair formed by the Czech Tomas Machac and the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang with a score of 7-6(4 ) 6-7(5) 10-7 and in the round of 16 they will face the ‘hosts’, in the draw with a wild card, Aoran Wang and Yi Zhou.