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