Van de Zandschulp battles past Michelsen to reach third round in Shanghai

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-de-zandschulp-botic/YwiLpILD/"]Van de Zandschulp[/a], the highest-ranked Dutch tennis player, rallied past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/daniel-merida-aguilar/WOtXbAu5/"]Daniel Merida[/a] in three sets to reach the second round in Shanghai. 31st seed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/michelsen-alex/nDIhfm9l/"]Alex Michelsen[/a] awaited after the American enjoyed a first-round bye.[/p][p]Michelsen showed no signs of rust early on, but the 22-year-old was caught off-guard when Van de Zandschulp took a break point on love to seize the initiative in the opening set. Michelsen mustered up just one break point en route to a set loss, giving the American plenty to do in order to reach a maiden third round in China.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="4232f732-adf8-42ee-a398-89b457b380ed" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="1d3faef7-562f-4c84-bfde-4f96835c93a2" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The second set remained closely fought, with neither player giving up much ground until Michelsen, who had wasted two break points in the previous game, conceded a late break at 4-4, allowing Van de Zandschulp to serve for the match.[/p][p]It was déjà vu for Michelsen, who got himself into position to hurt the Dutchman but ultimately couldn't convert his chances at 40-15. The American fought to fend off two match points, but couldn't keep Van de Zandschulp at bay to close out the third.[/p][p]Van de Zandschulp reached the third round, his first in Shanghai and third in his last four ATP 1000 Masters tournaments, and will face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arthur-fils/IoIhUqIN/"]Arthur Fils[/a] next.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/michelsen-a-nDIhfm9l/van-de-zandschulp-b-YwiLpILD/?mid=KhnreFe3"]Check out the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p]