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Another week, another opportunity for Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime to get back on the winning track.

The No. 14 seed faced Hungarian muscleman Marton Fucsovics, somewhere around in his Shanghai opener. And after 3h20 of pretty excruciating tennis, he went out, again.

The seeds are finally jumping into play, and so they include No. 3 Holger Rune, No. 9 Alexander Zverev and No. 8 Casper Ruud. Only Ruud survived.

In the end, seven seeds advanced, six were upset.

WTA Tour – Friday, Oct. 6, 2023 final results

(Shanghai is 12 hours ahead of EDT)

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Rolex Shanghai Masters
Location: Shanghai, China
Category: ATP 1000
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Oct. 4 – 15, 2023
Prize money: $10,046,270
Draws: S96 – D24

Friday, Oct. 6, 2023
Final results

Singles, second round

Marton Fucsovics (HUN) def [14] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 76 (3) 46 63

Upsets

Brandon Nakashima (USA) def [3] Holger Rune (DEN) 60 62
Roman Safiullin (RUS) def [9] Alexander Zverev (GER) 63 61
Fabian Marozsan (HUN) def [11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 63 75
[Q] Yu Hsiou Hsu (TPE) def [17] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 63 64
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) def [23] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 64 32 retd
Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) def [28] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 46 63 64

Seeds advancing

[8] Casper Ruud (NOR) def. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 75 60
[16] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) def. Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 76 (5) 64
[19] Ben Shelton (USA) def. Jaume Munar (ESP) 64 64
[20] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def. Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 76 (4) 76 (5)
[25] Sebastian Baez (ARG) def. [Q] Dane Sweeny (AUS) 62 64
[26] Sebastian Korda (USA) def. [WC] Yunchaokete Bu (CHN) 61 64
[29] Christopher Eubanks (USA) def. Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 46 63 62