Daniil Medvedev has won his first match since being disqualified at the China Open for hitting a spectator in the eye with a ball he hit into the stands.
Medvedev beat Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a second-round match on Saturday at the Shanghai Masters, an ATP 1000 tennis event. The fifth-seeded Medvedev now holds a 10-2 career edge over Struff.
Disqualification Cost Prize Money
Medvedev was disqualified during his semifinal loss Monday to Novak Djokovic for hitting the spectator with a ball the Russian had hit into the stands at Beijing. He apologized after the incident, saying it was an accident.
The disqualification cost him the US$285,000 in prize money he would have received for reaching the semifinals in Beijing.
Shanghai Draw Notes
Saturday marked Medvedev’s first match since the disqualification. In the 96-player Shanghai field, the top 32 seeds receive first-round byes.
In other early second-round matches, fourth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5.
Second-seeded Carlos Alcaraz, who won last week’s Japan Open, was scheduled to play Juan Manuel Cerundolo in a night match in Shanghai.
No. 1 Jannik Sinner withdrew from Shanghai this week when he announced he was taking the rest of 2026 off due to a right knee injury.