Andy Murray reached the Shanghai Masters second round and world No 553 Wang Chuhan caused a major shock when the Chinese wildcard knocked out 15th seed Fabio Fognini in straight sets on his ATP World Tour debut on Tuesday.
Murray, ninth in the rankings as he seeks to break into the elite top eight who will play in the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London in November, overcame Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-1, 7-5.
The Briton broke his opponent three times to run away with the first set but was broken twice in the second and had to dig deep to avoid a decider and set a second-round clash with Jerzy Janowicz, who advanced past Edouard-Roger Vasselin.
Wang, who mainly plays in Challenger or Futures tournaments, recorded a 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 first-round win over Italian Fognini on the Grandstand court to huge cheers from the shocked home crowd.
The 22-year-old showed few nerves as he continued to pound aggressively for the lines against a flat Fognini, who offered little in the closing stages of the match and seemed happy to get off court as quickly as possible.
“I wanted to win this match, but I never actually thought I could do it,” said Wang who secured victory over the world No 17 with a stunning backhand winner down the line before turning to his coaching team with a shocked expression and clenched fists.
“I practised with him in Beijing, so I knew a bit about him. And my coach used to be in the ATP circle, so he also told me something about Fabio’s weaknesses.”
Fognini, known for his antics and fiery temper on the tour, gave Wang a little shove with his arm as they crossed paths, then flashed an obscene gesture to the crowd upon exiting.
The Italian has lost five of his last six matches since reaching the Cincinnati quarterfinals in August.
Mikhail Youzhny also caused an upset, beating 12th seed Ernests Gulbis 6-4, 6-1.
The Russian, who converted three of his four break points and dropped just 10 points on serve, next meets Ivan Dodig, who beat Pablo Cuevas 7-5, 6-2.
Canadian Vasek Pospisil edged out Santiago Giraldo 6-2, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1 and takes on 14th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the second round.
Feliciano Lopez fired 19 aces to overcome qualifier Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7 (10/12), 6-3, 6-4 and set an all-Spaniard second round clash with world No 2 Rafa Nadal.
Nadal, on Tuesday, revealed he had appendicitis but would fight through the pain in Shanghai.
Nadal said he chose to try treatment with antibiotics rather than undergo surgery right away. He felt well enough to begin hitting again, he said.
The 14-time major winner said the risk of his condition getting worse after three days of steady improvement “is always very, very low”.
“I am not going to go for surgery. That’s great news for me today. That’s why I’m here practising for 45 minutes, and trying to play tomorrow. But obviously I am not in my best condition,” he said.
Nadal said he will talk with his doctors when he returns to Spain after the tournament about whether he will need to have the appendix removed.
“My idea is take it out, but you can imagine that I didn’t (think) much about that yet. I am here in Shanghai. I just want to try. Then when I go back home, I will talk about the situation with my doctor,” he said.
Ivo Karlovic, who upset US Open champion Marin Cilic in the first round, belted down 24 aces to beat Yen-Hsun Lu 7-6 (8/6), 6-3.
The big-serving Croatian lost just nine points on serve and meets Tomas Berdych or Richard Gasquet in the third round.
Others to advance on Tuesday included Julien Benneteau, Steve Johnson, Gilles Simon, Martin Klizan and Mikhail Kukushkin.
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The smuggler
Eldarir had arrived at JFK in January 2020 with three suitcases, containing goods he valued at $300, when he was directed to a search area.
Officers found 41 gold artefacts among the bags, including amulets from a funerary set which prepared the deceased for the afterlife.
Also found was a cartouche of a Ptolemaic king on a relief that was originally part of a royal building or temple.
The largest single group of items found in Eldarir’s cases were 400 shabtis, or figurines.
Khouli conviction
Khouli smuggled items into the US by making false declarations to customs about the country of origin and value of the items.
According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he provided “false provenances which stated that [two] Egyptian antiquities were part of a collection assembled by Khouli's father in Israel in the 1960s” when in fact “Khouli acquired the Egyptian antiquities from other dealers”.
He was sentenced to one year of probation, six months of home confinement and 200 hours of community service in 2012 after admitting buying and smuggling Egyptian antiquities, including coffins, funerary boats and limestone figures.
For sale
A number of other items said to come from the collection of Ezeldeen Taha Eldarir are currently or recently for sale.
Their provenance is described in near identical terms as the British Museum shabti: bought from Salahaddin Sirmali, "authenticated and appraised" by Hossen Rashed, then imported to the US in 1948.
- An Egyptian Mummy mask dating from 700BC-30BC, is on offer for £11,807 ($15,275) online by a seller in Mexico
- A coffin lid dating back to 664BC-332BC was offered for sale by a Colorado-based art dealer, with a starting price of $65,000
- A shabti that was on sale through a Chicago-based coin dealer, dating from 1567BC-1085BC, is up for $1,950
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