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Roman Safiullin entered the second round of the masters in Shanghai

The 79th racket of the world Roman Safiullin made his way to the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters - the Masters 1000 category tournament held in Shanghai. The total prize fund of the competition exceeds $9.4 million.

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The 79th racket of the world Roman Safiullin made his way to the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters - the Masters 1000 category tournament held in Shanghai. The total prize fund of the competition exceeds $9.4 million.

In the first round, the Russian with a score of 7:5, 6:3 defeated the representative of Australia Rinky Hijikatu, who occupies 85th place in the ATP ranking. The next rival of Safiullina will be the 20th racket of the world Argentine Francisco Cerundolo.

Roman Safiullin made his way into the main grid of the “masters” through qualification. Of the Russian tennis players in Shanghai will also perform Daniil Medvedev, Andrei Rublev, Karen Khachanov, Pavel Kotov and Ilya Simakin.

The tournament ends on October 18. Last year, the winner was Monegasque Valentin Vashro.

Arnold Kabanov

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