Daniil Medvedev won his first match since being disqualified at the China Open for hitting a spectator in the eye with a ball he had struck into the stands.
Medvedev beat Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a second-round match on Saturday at the Shanghai Masters, an ATP 1000 event. The fifth-seeded Medvedev now holds a 10-2 career edge over Struff. It was his first match since the disqualification.
Medvedev was disqualified during his semifinal loss on Monday to Novak Djokovic for hitting the spectator with a ball he had hit into the stands in Beijing. He apologized after the incident, saying it was an accident. The penalty also cost him the US$285,000 in prize money he would have earned for reaching the semifinals in Beijing.
Other Early Results and Notes
In the 96-player Shanghai field, the top 32 seeds receive first-round byes, so Medvedev entered the tournament in the second round.
In other early second-round matches Saturday, fourth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5.
Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz, who won last week’s Japan Open, was scheduled to play Juan Manuel Cerundolo in a night match in Shanghai.
No. 1 Jannik Sinner withdrew from the Shanghai event this week after announcing he was taking the rest of 2026 off due to a right knee injury.