Alex De Minaur beat Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-4 in the round of 16 at the Rolex Shanghai Masters in Shanghai to reach the quarterfinals. According to api.tennis, the Australian won both sets against the 26th seed from Russia.
The gap narrowed in the second set
De Minaur took the opening set. Khachanov won more games in the next set than he had in the first, but could not change the outcome of the match. Neither set went to a tiebreak, and the match did not go to a deciding set.
Before facing Khachanov, De Minaur beat Alex Molcan in the round of 64, then Rei Sakamoto in the round of 32: 7-6 6-4. The Russian began his campaign with a 7-6 6-7 7-6 win over Arthur Fery, then beat Adrian Mannarino 6-2 6-4. While every set against Fery went to a tiebreak, Khachanov could not take any set against De Minaur to one.