Top seeds Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, and Tomas Berdych advanced to Saturday's semifinals at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, eliminating t...
There were few surprises in the third round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters, as top seeds Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray all advanced, with only Federer needing three sets to punch his ticket to the quarterfinals.
On a day when world number two and three Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray arrived in Shanghai, it was American John Isner who turned in the day's most impressive win.
Tenth seeded Croat Marin Cilic finally ended his drought in Shanghai, winning his first-ever match at the Shanghai Rolex Masters, 7-5, 6-3, over Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot.
After losing the first set tie breaker, 7-5, Nadal's game deteriorated, while Mayer played a relatively mistake-free contest, full of his signature slicing backhands and finessing drop shots.
Despite top seeds Nadal, Murray and Ferrer all advancing on day two of the second round of the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters, no one is safe from upset on the ultra-fast Chinese hard court.
A day after narrowly escaping his second first-round exit in as many weeks, American Andy Roddick regained his form at the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters with a straight-set victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, 7-6 (7-3), 7-5.
Seven days after a premature first-round exit at Beijing's China Open, American Andy Roddick managed to piece together a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun to advance to the second round of the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters.
