Two days after starting, seventh-ranked Taylor Fritz and 10th-ranked Grigor Dimitrov finally finished their second-round matches at the Shanghai Masters on Monday.
Fritz, who was a finalist at the U.S. Open, was ahead 4-3 in the first set against French player Terence Atmane when rain stopped play on Saturday at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena. The rain also canceled all matches on the outside courts until Monday.
The 26-year-old American needed to win two tiebreakers to defeat the No. 161-ranked Atmane 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5). There was only one break of serve for each player in the 122-minute match. Fritz will face Japanese qualifier Yosuke Watanuki in the third round.
Dimitrov, who was playing in his 100th Masters event, started Monday with a set lead but was down a break in the second against Zizou Bergs.
The No. 73-ranked Belgian took advantage and won the second set. Dimitrov then broke Bergs three times, losing only one of his own service games, to win the match 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
The 33-year-old Bulgarian will play Australian Alexei Popyrin in the third round.
In addition, U.S. Open semifinalist Frances Tiafoe defeated Zhou Yi of China 6-2, 6-4. Tallon Griekspoor beat the 26th-seeded Jordan Thompson 6-3, 6-2, and Roman Safiullin won against Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan with a score of 6-4, 6-2.
Later on Monday, No. 16-ranked Ben Shelton is set to compete against Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain in a third-round match, with the winner going on to face top-ranked Jannik Sinner in the fourth round.
