Etcheverry wants to make history in Shanghai: now he goes to Sinner :: Olé

Perhaps China is its place in the world as well Shanghai Masters 1000 his competition … The Argentina Thomas Etcherywho came from beating a record of minutes played in a single game in the Asian tournament, they will now have a chance to make history against Italy Jannik Sinner, current #1 in ATP ranking, last 16.

Italy’s Jannik Sinner qualified for the Shanghai Masters 1000, too He participated this Saturday with a victory over Japan’s Taro Daniel 6-1 and 6-4. Three days after his last match in Beijing, the Sinner and the winner there Carlos Alcaraz started in Shanghai without showing any signs of wear and with a strong victory, in a match that was finished in an hour and a quarter of the game.

The world number 1 only lost three service points in the entire first set. Second, Daniel (93 ATP) managed to participate in another exchange, but did not make a statue in Sinner, who finished with 38 winners.

The Italian’s next obstacle, in the 32nd row, will be Etcheverry, 37th in the list, with whom he has met only once, at the 2023 Australian Open, with a win for the Sinner..

Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko made short work of Francisco Cerúndolo by eliminating him in the second round 7-6 (5) and 7-5. In a match that pitted two players who could not get good results in the last part of the season, Shevchenko, 58th in the ranking, was the one who made few mistakes and was able to choose the best time for his victory. He added seven direct points to just one from Cerúndolo (31st ATP).

Earlier, in the game that opened the day’s program, Carlos Alcaraz also did not let it slip and quickly defeated Chinese Juncheng Shang, 51st ATP, 6-2 and 6-2.

As Sinner, the Spanish player kept a very good line. It passed like a hurricane on Shang, 19 years old and the recent winner of the Chengdu tournament, who was overwhelmed by all of Alcaraz’s tennis: confidence with the server, unmoved at the net, destructive with the rest, there was no way left. local tennis player.

It is the second season that Alcaraz has participated in Shanghai. In 2023 he reached the 16th placewhere he was stopped by Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria. His opponent in the round of 32 will be another Chinese player, Yibing Wu, who is playing by invitation in the final Masters 1,000 of the year and is ranked 560th in the rankings. In the previous round he eliminated the Chilean Jarry Nicolás, 29th in the world.

Sinner is the first seed in the tournament, followed by Alexander Zverev of Germany and Alcaraz. The first major favorite to be eliminated today was Russian Andrey Rublev, who lost to Czech Jakub Mensik (65) 6-7 (7), 6-4 and 6-3. The sixth seed also stumbled against a lesser opponent, as he did last week in Beijing when he lost in the quarterfinals to China’s Yunchaokete Bu (96).