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10/10 01:14 CDT Medvedev advances at Shanghai in his first match since his
China Open disqualification
Medvedev advances at Shanghai in his first match since his China Open
disqualification
SHANGHAI (AP) --- Daniil Medvedev has won his first match since being
disqualified at the China Open for hitting a spectator in the eye with a ball
he hit into the stands.
Medvedev beat Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a second-round match on
Saturday at the Shanghai Masters, an ATP 1000 tennis event.
Medvedev, who now holds a 10-2 career edge over Struff, was disqualified during
his semifinal loss Monday to Novak Djokovic for hitting the spectator with a
ball the Russian player had hit into the stands.
Medvedev, who apologized after the incident in Beijing, saying it was an
accident, lost the $285,000 prize money he would have received for making 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.
In other early second-round matches Saturday, Camilo Ugo Carabelli was playing
fourth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz, who won last week's Japan Open, was scheduled to
play Juan Manuel Cerundolo in a night match in Shanghai.
No. 1 Jannik Sinner withdrew from Shanghai this week when he announced he was
taking the rest of 2026 off due to a right knee injury.
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