Canada's Auger-Aliassime knocked out of Shanghai Masters in 2nd round

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime did not last long at the Shanghai Masters.

Auger-Aliassime, the 14th seed in the tournament, was bounced from the second round by unseeded Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3 on Friday.

The Montreal native, who won four ATP titles in 2022 along with shared victories at the Davis Cup and Laver Cup championships, sports a losing record this season with 16 losses in 31 matches.

Third-seeded Holger Rune was humbled by 122nd-ranked Brendon Nakashima 6-0, 6-2 in the second round of the Shanghai Masters.

The 22-year-old American converted five of his 14 break points to claim a maiden victory over a top-10 player.

Nakashima will next play Zhang Zhizhen, who knocked out 28th-seeded Tomas Martin Etcheverry 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Also, Roman Safiullin defeated ninth-seeded Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-1 in a rematch of last week's Chengdu Open final, which Zverev won.

Others players losing Friday included 11th-seeded Alex de Minaur and 17th-seeded Lorenzo Musetti.

Casper Ruud was one of the few seeded players to advance. He beat Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5, 6-0 and will next face 29th-seeded Christopher Eubanks, who rallied to beat Yannick Hanfmann 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz and second-seeded Daniil Medvedev play their second-round matches on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Elena Rybakina advanced to her eighth semifinal of the year by beating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 7-5, 6-2 at the China Open.

In their third meeting of the year, after splitting the two finals they have contested this season, the fifth-seeded Rybakina was dominant on serve, hitting 12 aces and never faced a break point.

"I played really well today," Rybakina said. "I served really well, so I'm really happy with my performance today. It's