Yi Zhou beats Lorenzo Musetti in Shanghai

On the hard courts at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, Yi Zhou continued his run through the draw, stopping the 24th seed.

Emma Wright Shanghai9 October, 19:05 MSKPrepared by the today.tennis editorial team based on api.tennis data

Yi Zhou defeated Lorenzo Musetti 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 in the round of 64 at the Rolex Shanghai Masters in Shanghai to advance to the next round. The result was reported by api.tennis.

Zhou takes the deciding set

Yi Zhou won the opening set, but Musetti took the second to level the match. The Chinese player sealed the win in the deciding set, with both sets he won ending in a tiebreak.

In the previous round, Yi Zhou beat Mattia Bellucci 6-4, 3-6, 7-6. The set-by-set pattern was repeated: he won the opening set, lost the second and prevailed in the decider.

According to rank.tennis, Yi Zhou is ranked 229th, while Musetti is 26th. The player ranked considerably lower than his opponent advanced.

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