Last year’s US Open champion Marin Cilic, number 14 seed, recovered from a set down to overcome World Number 227 Di Wu from China with 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4). Cilic was on the verge of defeat when he had to save a match point at 4-5 30-40 with an ace before edging the Chinese player with 7-4 in the tie-break. Cilic converted 3 of his 14 break point opportunities. He hit 15 aces and won 65 percent of his first serve points. Wu converted 3 of his 7 break point chances
Wu, who is coached by former Italian player Davide Sanguinetti, lost against Rafa Nadal last week in Beijing. Cilic will face 18-year-old Borna Coric
Three-time Shanghai semifinalist and number 15th seed Feliciano Lopez beat qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4 7-6 (7-3) setting up a second-round match against Dominic Thiem who beat Yen Hsun Lu 6-3 6-3. Thiem broke serve three times and did not drop his serve.
Ivo Karlovic, who broke Goran Ivanisevic’s ace record last week in Beijing during the lost match against Pablo Cuevas, beat Jeremy Chardy 6-4 7-6 (8-6). Karlovic broke serve early in the first set to win the first set with 6-4. Chardy earned the only break point of the second set, which Karlovic saved. In the tie-break Karlovic rallied from 1-4 to win 8-6 setting up a second round match against Rafa Nadal
