De Minaur sets up Shanghai quarterfinal with Zverev

Key points

• Alex de Minaur has reached the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters after beating Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-4. The win lifts him to seventh in the race for the ATP Finals, passing Novak Djokovic and Frances Tiafoe, who have both been knocked out in Shanghai.
• De Minaur will next face world number one Alexander Zverev, who beat Alexander Bublik in three sets. De Minaur, who recently returned from a hip flexor injury, said he had served well and was playing his best tennis.
• He has won his past two meetings with Zverev, both at the Laver Cup.