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Trevor Marshallsea

De Minaur battles hard to advance at Shanghai Masters

Australia's Alex de Minaur has been made to fight hard but has reached the last 16 at the Shanghai Masters.

De Minaur came up against Japanese qualifier Rei Sakamoto - a 20-year-old ranked 137th compared to the Australia's No.9 seed and world ranking.

The 27-year-old de Minaur had to dig deep but ultimately prevailed 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 in an hour and 34 minutes to progress to a meeting with 26th-seeded Russian Karen Khachanov.

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