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Tenth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas survived a three-set thriller against France's Gael Monfils on Monday to advance to the second round of the Shanghai Masters. The 20-year-old Greek won 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 on the hard court in Shanghai in two hours and 21 minutes. "My game has changed. I am more aggressive now. I'm actually stronger. I feel stronger," he told the ATP's official website.

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 Former champion Stan Wawrinka defeated Grigor Dimitrov for the second successive Grand Slam yesterday, knocking the eighth-seeded Bulgarian out in the US Open first round.

 Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number one, advanced to the women's singles final at the 2,874,299-USD Western & Southern Open tournament in Cincinnati (Ohio), after defeating Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 6 -3 6-4 in Friday's semis.

Halep, 26, had a consistent play and prevailed in an hour and 16 minutes over 20-year-old Sabalenka, world number 34.

Dimitrov - the reigning Cincinnati Open champion - clinched his first Masters title in Ohio 12 months ago.

The world No 5 - who was given a first-round bye as he is seeded for the tournament - edged past Mischa Zverev in a tight second-round match on Wednesday - 7-6, 7-5.

Up next for the Bulgarian will be Djokovic, who has been resurgent over the summer.

Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas secured the biggest win of his career when he sent Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic packing in the third round of the Rogers Cup with a stunning 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 win on Thursday.

Top seed Rafa Nadal battled past Swiss wild card Stan Wawrinka 7-5 7-6(4) and will next meet Marin Cilic, who took down Argentinian Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-2.