Daniil Medvedev won his first match since being disqualified at the China Open for hitting a spectator in the eye with a ball he had struck into the stands. He beat Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a second-round match on Saturday at the Shanghai Masters, an ATP 1000 event.
Medvedev now holds a 10-2 career edge over Struff. He was disqualified during his semifinal loss on Monday to Novak Djokovic, after the ball he hit into the stands at Beijing struck the spectator.
Medvedev apologized after the incident, saying it was an accident. The disqualification cost him the US$285,000 in prize money he would have earned for reaching the semifinals in Beijing.
It was the fifth-seeded Medvedev’s first match since the disqualification. In the 96-player Shanghai field, the top 32 seeds receive first-round byes.
Other Early Results
In other early second-round matches on Saturday, fourth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5.
Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz, who won last week’s Japan Open, was scheduled to face Juan Manuel Cerundolo in a night match in Shanghai.
Sinner Out
No. 1 Jannik Sinner withdrew from Shanghai this week after announcing he would take the rest of 2026 off because of a right knee injury.