Daniil Medvedev steps up in pressure moments in Shanghai | ATP Tour

Last year, Seyboth Wild stunned Medvedev in the first round of Roland Garros, when his high risk/high reward strategy of 69 winners and 77 unforced errors underpinned his victory.

“I’m happy I managed to stay composed in tough moments. He had a break in both sets. I managed to put on a lot of pressure and both times it worked at 5-all,” said Medvedev, who is fourth in the PIF ATP Live Race to Turin and next in line to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals.

“I love Shanghai and I feel the people love me back. I enjoy it a lot so I want to stay as long as possible here.”

Earlier, Stefanos Tsitsipas collected his 200th hard-court win and avenged a recent loss to Kei Nishikori when he defeated the former US Open finalist 7-6(6), 6-4 to reach the third round.

The 26-year-old Greek fell to Nishikori in the second round in Montreal in August but emerged victorious this time around to level his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with the Japanese to 2-2 and improve to 5-0 in Shanghai opening rounds. The Greek saved one set point in the first-set tie-break.

Tsitsipas is 12th in the PIF ATP Race to Turin and endeavoring to return to the eight-man Nitto ATP Finals, which he won in 2018. Tsitsipas finds himself outside the Turin cut after costly early exits at the past three Masters 1000s hard-court tournaments; he won just one match across Miami, Montreal and Cincinnati.