Jan-Lennard Struff has put a damper on Kevin Anderson’s fight for a place at the ATP finals in London.The 58th.of the world rankings beat the South African in the 2nd place.The second round of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai in two sets of 7:6 (5) and 7:6 (2).
The match had to be moved to a hall because of the rain in Shanghai, which Struff obviously had to face.The Warsteiner offered three break chances over the entire match, but otherwise he was as sure as his opponent in the serve.Anderson didn’t have to defend a single break ball, but lost both sets in the tiebreak.
Struff was able to win last Friday in St. Stephen’s after a victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.Petersburg will be the next winner over a top player.The Spanish player Albert Ramos-Vinolas is now waiting for the round of 16.
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For Anderson, the result is a setback for the race for participation in the ATP finals in November.The service giant is currently some 200 points behind the final grid position, which is currently occupied by Pablo Carreno Busta, who has also already retired.
However, a direct rival of Anderson, Grigor Dimitrov, entered the last sixteen after a great battle.Dimitrov even had to fight off match points in the three-movement win over Ryan Harrison of the USA: The Bulgarian was already trailing 3-6 in the tiebreak of the third set, but he scored the next five points and won after two hours and 34 minutes with 3-6,6-3,7-6 (6).
Sam Querrey clinched a solid two-set win against his Laver Cup teammate Francis Tiafoe, while David Goffin had no chance against Gilles Simon after strong performances in the last two weeks.