Kecmanovic hits ATP Masters 1000 milestone with opening Shanghai win
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miomir-kecmanovic/ki95/overview'Miomir Kecmanovic/a completed his box set of at least one match win at all nine ATP Masters 1000s with his opening victory Thursday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a. The Serbian defeated a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rinky-hijikata/h0bh/overview'Rinky Hijikata/a 6-2 6-2 to record his first hard-court win in more than a year, since last August in Toronto./p
pKecmanovic, who hit a career-high PIF ATP Ranking of No. 27 in January 2023, could re-enter the Top 50 with a deep run in Shanghai. He will next meet another Aussie in 20th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexei-popyrin/p09z/overview'Alexei Popyrin/a, who is competing in his second event since upsetting a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a during a breakthrough run to the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a fourth round./p
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pThe 25-year-old Kecmanovic did not face a break point in the 79-minute match against Hijikata, evening the pair's Lexus ATP Head2Head series at at 1-1. He took advantage of five Hijikata double faults, including one on match point, to break serve six times on 10 chances, according to Infosys ATP Stats./p
pAlso in early action, 19-year-old Chinese wild card a href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yi-zhou/z0cq/overview"Yi Zhou/a advanced past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yoshihito-nishioka/n732/overview'Yoshihito Nishioka/a when the Japanese player retired with a back injury after building a 4-2 lead. The home favourite, who is up to 25th in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, will next meet 13th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview'Frances Tiafoe/a./p
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pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/david-goffin/gb88/overview'David Goffin/a advanced past a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/james-duckworth/d994/overview'James Duckworth/a with a 6-4, 6-2 win to open play on Grandstand 2. The 33-year-old Belgian saved three of four break points to see home the straight-sets result. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jaume-munar/mu94/overview'Jaume Munar/a was a 6-3, 6-3 winner against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hugo-gaston/g09o/overview'Hugo Gaston/a, but not before the Frenchman produced an early contender for shot of the tournament with a half-volley tweener to start the second set./p
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