Jannik Sinner overcomes Shanghai Masters fears and beats Tomas Martin Etcheverry | Tennis | sport

Top seed Jannik Sinner overcame a one-set deficit to claim a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2 win over Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the Shanghai Masters on Sunday.

A night after winning his 250th career match with a straight-sets victory, the 23-year-old Italian faced a much tougher test in the third round under the roof of the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena, where the match took place the Argentinian, who is in 37th place in the rankings, due to rain.

Sinner next plays either 16th-ranked Ben Shelton, who defeated the Italian here last year, or Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain.

Etcheverry scored the shot of the night with a stunning drop volley, opening the scoring in the first set tiebreaker and converting it to take the lead.

Sinner began to find his range better in the second round and after several breaks in the middle of the set, the Italian found another opportunity to tie the game.

The momentum was all Sinner’s in the third round as he broke Etcheverry twice more and advanced in 2 hours and 39 minutes.

Fifth-seeded Daniil Medvedev also bounced back with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 win over Matteo Arnaldi to book his place in the fourth round against either 12th-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas or Alexandre Muller.

The 28-year-old Medvedev had to make a big effort to equalize the game after the Italian’s close first set.

In the deciding set, Medvedev’s experience and composure came to the fore as he managed a crucial break in the ninth game and held firm to finish the match in 2 hours and 44 minutes.

Second seed Carlos Alcaraz, who won the China Open for the fourth time this year on Wednesday, plays his third-round match against Chinese player Wu Yibing.