Frances Tiafoe, Cameron Norrie Matches Suspended Overnight Due To Shanghai Rain

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Tenth seed Frances Tiafoe was locked in a final-set battle with Lorenzo Sonego when rain forced the match to be suspended.

Action continued under the roof inside Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena

Saturday’s play at the Rolex Shanghai Masters was disrupted after persistent rain forced matches on outside courts to be suspended at the ATP Masters 1000 event.

After a couple of short stoppages earlier in the day, play was halted just after 4 p.m. local time in China. The action continued under the retractable roof of the Qizhong Tennis Center’s Stadium Court, where Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Jannik Sinner and top seed Carlos Alcaraz claimed second-round victories. Taylor Fritz’s clash with Yosuke Watanuki is set to round out the day’s play.

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Matches involving seeded players Frances Tiafoe, Cameron Norrie and Ugo Humbert will all be finished on Sunday due to the inclement weather. Norrie leads J.J. Wolf 3-6, 7-5, 3-2 with a break in the third set, while Tiafoe trails Lorenzo Sonego 6-2, 2-6, 1-2 with the pair on serve in the decider. Humbert and Botic van de Zandschulp are level at 2-2 in the opening set of their second-round clash.