Alcaraz sails through Shanghai opener, Auger-Aliassime & Fritz also advance

[p]The Spanish star, seeded second, put on a dominant show to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/alcaraz-garfia-c-UkhgIFEq/cerundolo-j-m-A93TM7BR/?mid=fDaZRCXg"]brush aside the 55th-ranked Argentinian[/a] in the second round in just 66 minutes.[/p][p][b]"Really, really happy with the way I played today. It wasn't easy,"[/b] said the 23-year-old former number one.[/p][p][b]"Just had two days of preparation... I came from Tokyo, there were totally different conditions,"[/b] he added.[b] "Just tried to play the best that I can."[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="961e4414-502e-4c79-bd60-95779d7c4ab2" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="890e3e28-62c4-4b17-b594-b1003f14b52d" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]Sporting a fresh moustache, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Alcaraz[/a] signed a camera "Moustache Team" following his win.[/p][p]Asked by an on-court interviewer about the new look, Alcaraz said:[b] "It's gonna stay."[/b][/p][p]He will play either [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/buse-ignacio/A1LQjAPb/"]Ignacio Buse[/a] or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bergs-zizou/SbeTx1o8/"]Zizou Bergs[/a] in the next round.[/p][embed guid="08ea1088-9d71-409a-9c34-42a07f4c5dd2" url="https://x.com/atptour/status/2108822180276367653" social-type="twitter" /][p]World number five [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/auger-aliassime-felix/CzXh4LAb/"]Felix Auger-Aliassime[/a] also survived a scare, needing three hours to beat 77th-ranked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ugo-carabelli-camilo/KWdgY7Bq/"]Camilo Ugo Carabelli[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/auger-aliassime-f-CzXh4LAb/ugo-carabelli-c-KWdgY7Bq/?mid=0KoNaKED"]4-6, 7-6(1), 7-5[/a].[/p][p]The Canadian will play Spaniard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/carreno-busta-pablo/W8WmcXdq/"]Pablo Carreno-Busta[/a] in the third round.[/p][p]Several matches in the afternoon were suspended due to rain, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fritz-taylor/UH09iaZ6/"]Taylor Fritz[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ruud-casper/zN9UpRqp/"]Casper Ruud[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arthur-fils/IoIhUqIN/"]Arthur Fils[/a] all went through as play resumed.[/p]