John Isner smashed 20 aces to defeat France's Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 6-2 in 45 minutes in his opening match at the Shanghai Masters Monday. The 13th-seeded American lost only six points on his first serve in the match and saved the only break point he faced in the second set. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the 16th seed from France, also reached the second round, rallying to defeat Spain's Tommy Robredo 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-2. In other matches, Australia's Nick Kyrgios beat Andreas Haider-Maurer 6-3, 6-2, Croatia's Ivo Karlovic had 18 aces in a 6-4, 7-6 (6) win over Jeremy Chardy, and Feliciano Lopez topped qualifier Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4, 7-6 (3). The outspoken Australian, Kyrgios, who fired 13 aces and saved all five break points in his win, had no illusions about the task ahead. "Kei's one of the best players in the world right now," said Kyrgios. "He's got unbelievable returns. He's a great athlete. He's playing well. So I know what I have to do." Slovak Martin Klizan beat local favorite Zhang Ze 7-6(8) 6-2 and now runs into top seed Novak Djokovic who is gunning for his ninth title of the year. Karlovic also faces a formidable second round opponent in 2009 runner-up Rafa Nadal who lost to Djokovic in Sunday's China Open final. American Steve Johnson cut short Italian Andreas Seppi's campaign with a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(2) win. Vesnina beats Svitolina In China, Elena Vesnina advanced to the second round of the Tianjin Open by beating fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-2, 6-4 Monday. Defending champion Alison Riske of United States also advanced, beating Xinyun Han of Chin 6-0, 6-4. Also, fifth-seeded Kristina Mladenovic of France beat Fangzhou Liu of China 6-0, 6-1; sixth-seeded Teliana Kyrgios of Brazil defeated Nao Hibino of Japan 7-5, 6-2; and Evgeniya Kyrgios of Russia beat eighth-seeded Zheng Saisai of China 7-5, 6-3. Monica Puig advances Monica Puig advanced to the second round of the Hong Kong Open by beating Luksika Kumkhum of Thailand 6-1, 6-2 Monday. Puig was ranked No. 41 last year but has since dropped to No. 92. Several top players have withdrawn from the Hong Kong Open because of injury, including fourth-ranked Garbine Muguruza. Muguruza withdrew due to a lingering ankle injury, organizers said Monday. Lara Arruabarrena of Spain also advanced at Victoria Park, beating Irina Falconi of the US 6-4, 6-3. Lee Ya-hsuan of Taiwan defeated Jang Su-jeong of South Korea 6-2, 6-1. — Agencies
