Top seed and defending champion Roger Federer battled past in-form Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-4 4-6 6-4 to reach the last-16 at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Federer, playing his first Tour-level match since suffering a shock fourth-round defeat by John Millman at the U.S. Open last month, broke Medvedev twice to take the opening set.<\/p>\n
Fresh off the biggest title of his career in Tokyo, Medvedev saved a break point early in the second set and that gave him momentum to grab a break of his own to force a decider.<\/p>\n
Both players failed to take their opportunities to take an early lead in the final set before two unforced errors from Medvedev handed Federer a break in the ninth game.<\/p>\n
The 37-year-old Swiss served out the match in just under two hours to keep hopes of a third Shanghai title alive. He will next face Spain\u2019s Roberto Bautista Agut, who beat American Mackenzie McDonald 3-6 6-4 6-1.<\/p>\n
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev edged one step closer to qualifying for next month\u2019s ATP Finals after a hard-fought 7-5 6-4 win over in-form Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old German fought off a cold and showed great confidence to wrap up the victory at the Qi Zhong Stadium.<\/p>\n
\u201cI played a solid match. I did everything that I needed to win,\u201d said Zverev.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs you can probably hear in my voice, I\u2019m a little sick right now, so feeling a little bit low energy, but I hope it will get better over the next few days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Argentine Juan Martin del Potro overcame a slow start to outlast France\u2019s Richard Gasquet 7-5 7-6(7).<\/p>\n
Third seed Del Potro won four straight games from 3-5 down in the opening set before recovering from 2-6 deficit in the second set tiebreak to set up a third round meeting with Croatian Borna Coric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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