In Shanghai Lorenzo Sonego recovers Frances Tiafoe and goes to the third round

In Shanghai Lorenzo Sonego recovers Frances Tiafoe and goes to the third round

Lorenzo Sonego’s feat in the second round of the Shanghai Masters 1000 defeated world number 13, the U.S. Frances Tiafoe, with a score of 2-6 6-2 6-3 in a match interrupted yesterday due to rain at 2-1 in favor of the 28-year-old from Turin in the third set.

The first set was dominated by Tiafoe who from 2-1 for the blue number 59 ranking strung together five consecutive games after already having three chances to break in the first game. In the second set the situation turned around with Sonego going up 3-0 with a break, and then making another one, which earned him the extension of the match, in the eighth game.

As mentioned, at 2-1 in the third set, rain came and the match è was resumed today. Sonego, who had already had an untaken break point in the second game, operates the decisive extension in the eighth game and then closes to practice by winning the last service game at zero. In the third round Lorenzo will face Chilean Nicolas Jarry, world number 22.