Wednesday's results at the Chengdu Open, Shapovalov through, Fritz stopped by Bublik

In the first match, wild card Hyeon Chung and St Petersburg semifinalist Joao Sousa met. Chung started the match better when he didn't give a chance to his opponent in the first set and won it 6-1. Since then the pace of the game has been dictated by the Portuguese, who won the first 4 games of the second set, which he later won 6-3. In the third set, Sousa was unable to turn break points when he needed up to 7 to take his opponent's serve and win the third set 6-4.

Jordan Thompson succeeded in defeating Vasek Pospisil in three sets 6-3, 3-6 and 7-5 in the first round. In the next round, the Australian will meet the player that defeated his teammate from the Laver Cup, Taylor Fritz.

Alexander Bublik surprised the American in the first round. Fritz managed to deal with Dominic Thiem a few days ago, but not even a 6-4 lead and 2 break balls in the second set was enough to beat Kazakh. The first game in the second and third set was completely identical. Fritz led 40-15 on Bublik's serve, but he scored the following 4 points to win the game. Subsequently, in both sets, Bublik took Fritz's serve in the 12th game and won both sets 7-5.

The fastest was the last game. This was played by another Laver Cup participant, Denis Shapovalov. The Canadian coped smoothly with Richard Bernkis in an hour and 12 minutes 6-4 and 6-3.