A successful start for the US boys – despite the rain · tennisnet.com

The persistent rain doesn’t stop the US players from winning. At the ATP Tour 1000 tournament in Shanghai Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe Secure your ticket to the next round.

After three days, Taylor Fritz was finally able to compete in the Masters tournament. The first round duel had to be postponed again and again due to the rain, until today. After 1:54 hours, the seventh-seeded US Open finalist managed to win against Terence Atmane, albeit in two tight sets (7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)). In the third round, the American will face the unseeded Japanese Yosuke Watanuki.

Compatriot Tiafoe also seems to have recovered well from his early exit at the Japan Open and started the ATP Tour 1000 tournament in Shanghai with new vigor. The American, seeded at number 13, reached the second round of the Masters tournament with a confident 6:2 and 6:4 win against the Chinese wildcard player Zhou Yi. Tiafoe, who won in Sahghai for the first time since 2017, will face Russian Roman Safiullin in the round of 16.

Tommy Paul with the comeback of the year?

6:7 (2) and 2:5 deficit including five match points against themselves. Not a good situation for Tommy Paul. But he kept his nerve and snatched the victory he thought was certain from his opponent, Alejandro Tabilo. The eleventh seed Paul turned the round of 16 around and finally won 7(2), 7-6(6) and 6:2 in two hours and 43 minutes. The opponent in the round of 16 of the Rolex Shanghai Masters will be either Tomas Machac or Aleksander Vukic.

The bad weather has been going on for three days now and the rain is causing the games to be pushed back further and further. The Monday schedule of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament has been reduced to 13 singles games, although no games on the outdoor courts are yet possible.

Here is the men’s individual tableau

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Fritz Taylor

Paul Tommy

Tiafoe Frances