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Another week, another opportunity to see the beauty that is Stan Wawrinka’s backhand.
The veteran Swiss is competitive most times out. His problem is that he’s just not winning enough matches to keep his ranking up. But he can get wild cards, so hopefully he continues to hang in there as long as he wants to play. And he was solid against the up-and-comer Mpetschi Perricard on Thursday. But got through.
The other night match was between Zhizhen and … Zizou. And Bergs beat Zhang.
The chair umpire for that one should have made an exception and call them by their first names.
(Shanghai is 12 hours ahead of EDT)
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Rolex Shanghai Masters
Location: Shanghai, China
Category: ATP 1000
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Oct. 2 – 13, 2024
Prize money: $8,995,555
Draws: S96 – D32
Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024
Final results
Singles, first round
Qualifiers and wild cards
[WC] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) def. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) 76 (2) 76 (6)
[WC] Yi Zhou (CHN) def Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 24 retd
[Q] Terence Atmane (FRA) def Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) 64 76 (4)
[Q] Mattia Bellucci (ITA) def. [LL] Billy Harris (GBR) 63 64
[Q] Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) def Pavel Kotov (RUS) 67 (6) 64 75
Other results
Zizou Bergs (BEL) def Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 64 63
Matteo Berrettini (ITA) def. Christopher O’Connell (AUS) 76 (9) 76 (6)
Marcos Giron (USA) def. [Q] Li Tu (AUS) 61 76 (4)
David Goffin (BEL) def. James Duckworth (AUS) 64 62
Tallon Griekspoor (NED) def Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG) 64 67 (6) 63
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) def. Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 62 62
Jakub Mensik (CZE) def. Pedro Martinez (ESP) 61 57 64
Jaume Munar (ESP) def Hugo Gaston (FRA) 63 63
Roman Safiullin (RUS) def [Q] Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) 76 (0) 64
Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) def. [Q] Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 61 76 (3)
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