{"id":514,"date":"2016-10-13T04:18:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T08:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2016-10-13T04:18:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T08:18:06","slug":"murray-leads-the-way-on-day-4-of-the-shanghai-rolex-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2016\/10\/13\/murray-leads-the-way-on-day-4-of-the-shanghai-rolex-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray leads the way on Day 4 of the Shanghai Rolex Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Murray was sterling in victory over American Steve Johnson 6-3 6-2 in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters. The 2nd seed broke in the sixth game for a 4-2 lead and had little trouble winning the opening set. The second set was more of the same as Murray broke twice to win the set 6-2 and advance to the 3rd round against Lucas Pouille. The 13th seeded Frenchman defeated Nicolas Almagro 6-4 7-6 (10), saving three set points in the second set breaker.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, 3rd seed Stan Wawrinka cruised past Kyle Edmund 6-3 6-4. The reigning U.S. Open champion needed just a single break to win the first set, getting it in the eighth game for a 5-3 lead. After a quick start to the second set that saw the Swiss superstar take a 2-0 lead, Edmund broke back for 2-2 only to see Wawrinka break for a 5-4 lead and serve out the match.<\/p>\n<p>Viktor Troicki caused the biggest shock of the day with a straight sets upset of 4th seed Rafael Nadal 6-3 7-6 (3). At 3-3 all in the opening set, Troicki broke in back-to-back games to run out the first set while the second set saw no breaks of serve. In the tiebreak, Troicki engineered 3 minibreaks for a 5-2 lead and cruised to the upset from there. After the match, the Serb, who had never defeated the Spaniard in five previous meetings, spoke about his impressive win:\u00a0&#8220;I played really well,&#8221; said Troicki. &#8220;I was aggressive, I served well, I hit the ball nice.\u00a0It was a great feeling on the court playing like this and playing like this against Rafa Nadal, who is a great champion. It makes it extra special to beat him for the first time, especially in such a big tournament like Shanghai.\u00a0I&#8217;m really glad how I played. Happy how I played. I hope I will continue to do that in the next rounds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/613720474\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/613720474?et=agZhmhsIR2ZP9X3RSIVOEg&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=_9Cg-JV5X2kaYDZDN-VLrgmqJhz_o48fA5q5r2FEcqM=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Other results saw 5th seed Milos Raonic dispatch of Paolo Lorenzi 6-2 6-4, while Marcel Granollers stunned Tomas Berdych 7-6 (4), 7-6 (1). 11th seed David Goffin recovered nicely from his opening round battle with Juan Martin Del Potro to take care of Benoit Paire, winning 6-1 7-6 (0) while 12th seed Nick Kyrgios was shocked by qualifier Mischa Zverev 6-3, 6-1.<\/p>\n<p>15th seed Roberto Bautista Agut saved all 7 break points against him for a 6-4, 6-4 win over American Taylor Fritz. Gilles Simon took care of local wild card Di Wu 6-2 6-2 while Vasek Pospisil scored an impressive 7-5 7-6 (2) win over a surging Grigor Dimitrov. The Canadian is feeling good after his victory: &#8220;I played very well,&#8221; said Pospisil. &#8220;It was important to play a very clean match today, because Grigor is playing with a lot of confidence right now. It was a great win for me.\u00a0It&#8217;s been a tough year. Quite a few things were going on. But I feel really happy to be back. I feel like my old self on the court again. My head&#8217;s in the game and I&#8217;m playing well.&#8221;\u00a0Jack Sock also moved into the third round with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Feliciano Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>The third round matchups see Djokovic facing Pospisil, Mischa Zverev facing off with Granollers, Troicki against Bautista Agut, 9th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga meets Alexander Zverev, Raonic against Sock, Simon challenging Wawrinka, Monfils takes on Goffin while Pouille and Murray battle. The winners advance to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/614167886\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/614167886?et=W5au-hAsSb1ePo1rl2QD2w&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=wDdTxQzZTKHzF0MHzMVDI3gHjstDBvghtEz0Xxl7Kws=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Murray was sterling in victory over American Steve Johnson 6-3 6-2 in the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters. 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