Zverev beats Shang to set up Djokovic quarter-final in Beijing
Alexander Zverev's straight-sets win in Beijing sets up a quarter-final against six-time tournament winner Novak Djokovic.
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Alexander Zverev beat China's Shang Juncheng 6-0, 6-3 in the second round of the China Open in Beijing on Saturday. The German is due to play Novak Djokovic in Sunday's quarter-final. [1]
ANP listed Zverev as world No 2 and Djokovic as world No 11. It reported that Djokovic had won the Beijing tournament on all six of his previous appearances. [1]
Zverev could also have a chance to narrow the rankings gap to Jannik Sinner. ANP reported that the world No 1 was recovering from a knee injury and had withdrawn from next week's Shanghai Masters. [1]
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