De Minaur and Auger Aliassime Hold Their Ground in Shanghai
The day this Monday in Shanghai began with matches from Alex de Minaur and Felix Auger Aliassime, facing Kamil Majchrzak and Jesper de Jong respectively.
The Australian dispatched the first set 6-1 against the Pole. The second set was more complicated for him, broken by his opponent in the 7th game. But he managed to recover his break immediately and took his opponent's serve at 6-5 to win 6-1, 7-5.
De Minaur will face Juncheng Shang or Nuno Borges in the round of 16.
As for Auger Aliassime, he won the first set with a score of 6-4, having converted his only break point.
In the second set, he broke de Jong in the 5th game, but the Dutchman broke back immediately.
He even earned two set points on the Canadian's serve which he failed to convert. Unfortunately for him, he was broken right after, and Auger Aliassime then converted his only match point on his own serve.
Winning 6-4, 7-5, he will face Luciano Darderi or Lorenzo Musetti in the next round.
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