Shang claws past Etcheverry, Giron ousts defending champ in Eastbourne

p#NextGenATP star Shang Juncheng earned victory in his first tour-level grass-court match on Monday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/eastbourne/741/overview'Rothesay International/a, where he moved past seventh seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-martin-etcheverry/ea24/overview'Tomas Martin Etcheverry/a 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(4)./p
pThe 19-year-old qualifier fired 39 winners and hung tough in the third-set tie-break to advance after two hours and 27 minutes./p
pThe Chinese lefty, who sealed victory with a forehand winner, now holds a 9-10 record against Top 50 opponents. Shang, currently third in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, plays a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cameron-norrie/n771/overview'Cameron Norrie/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/emil-ruusuvuori/rh24/overview'Emil Ruusuvuori/a in the second round./p
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pAmerican a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcos-giron/gc88/overview'Marcos Giron/a continued his strong start to the grass season when he took out fifth seed and defending champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/francisco-cerundolo/c0au/overview'Francisco Cerundolo/a 7-6(5), 7-6(4)/pp
Giron last week defeated former a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a en route to the Halle quarter-finals after beginning the swing with victory over two-time a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a in Stuttgart, where he pushed eventual champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a to three sets. /pp
Giron, who is 15-15 on the season, is now just one spot away from his career-high PIF ATP Live Ranking of No. 44. Against Cerundolo the California native dropped just five points on first serve and won 70 per cent of second serves. /p

pBritish wild card a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/billy-harris/hd68/overview'Billy Harris/a backed up last week's run to the quarter-finals at Queen's by reaching the second round in Eastbourne. The 29-year-old downed countryman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jacob-fearnley/f0by/overview'Jacob Fearnley/a 6-4, 7-6(7)./p
pHarris is competing at a career-high No. 139 in the PIF ATP Rankings after reaching his first tour-level quarter-final in London. He will next meet Queen's champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tommy-paul/pl56/overview'Tommy Paul/a./p
pAustralian lucky loser a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandar-vukic/v832/overview'Aleksandar Vukic/a beat Hungarian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/fabian-marozsan/m0ci/overview'Fabian Marozsan/a 6-2, 6-4. Vukic advanced to the last eight on grass at the ATP 250 event in 's-Hertogenbosch earlier this month. Vukic next plays third seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-bublik/bk92/overview'Alexander Bublik/a/p
pAustralian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/max-purcell/ph71/overview'Max Purcell/a defeated Serbian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/laslo-djere/db63/overview'Laslo Djere/a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Purcell struck 10 aces according to Infosys ATP Stats to advance after two hours. With his win, the 2021 semi-finalist snapped a four-match losing streak./p
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