Alexei Popyrin

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov has advanced to the round of 16 at the Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai, continuing his strong performance as the ninth seed. Dimitrov achieved a convincing victory over Australia's 20th-ranked Alexei Popyrin, winning the match 7:6(5), 6:2 in just 88 minutes.

Grigor Dimitrov has advanced to the third round of the Shanghai "Masters" tournament after defeating Zizou Bergs with a score of 6:3, 3:6, and 6:2. The Bulgarian tennis star's victory came in a match that is part of a competition boasting a prize fund of 9 million dollars.

SHANGHAI - Serbian tennis player Miomir Kecmanovic is through to the second round of the Shanghai Masters after a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Australian Rinky Hijikata on Thursday morning.

World number 54 Kecmanovic won after an hour and twenty minutes of play.

Hijikata ranks 76th in the ATP rankings.

MONTE CARLO - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, is through to the quarter-finals of the Monte Carlo Masters after a 7-5, 6-3 win over Italian Lorenzo Musetti in the third round on Thursday.