Arthur Gea vs Jakub Mensik — Round of 16 — Shanghai Masters. Gea won 7-6, 6-4.

Arthur Gea is through to the Shanghai Masters quarterfinals after a straight-sets win over 13th seed Jakub Mensik. He held serve in all 11 of his service games. The 21-year-old Frenchman began the season at ATP No. 241 and came into the match ranked 56th. The betting market had Mensik, ATP No. 15, as a 60 percent favorite. The two had no prior meetings on record. Neither player broke in the first set. Gea earned its only break point and did not face one himself, then won the tiebreak 7-4. He had also won both tiebreaks in his 7-6(5), 7-6(3) win over Ben Shelton, then ATP No. 4, in the previous round. The match's only break came in the fifth game of the second set, putting Gea up 3-2. His serve was the stronger in that set. He won 83 percent of his first-serve points to Mensik's 64 percent and hit six aces to Mensik's one. Mensik had two break points in the set, his only chances of the match, and converted neither. Gea finished one of four on break points. Gea's next opponent is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, ranked 26th.