Fifth seed Tomas Berdych won through in a tough match with American Jack Sock, the score was 7-6 4-6 6-4. The Czech will play last year's Shanghai Rolex Masters finalist Gilles Simon next.

Kevin Anderson played his first match as a player in the top 10. He scored a 6-3 7-5 win over wild card Tommy Haas.

American Steve Johnson enjoyed a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 first round victory over Italian Andreas Seppi at the Shanghai Rolex Masters

The draw ceremony for the Shanghai Rolex Masters was held at the Rolex Boutique, The Bund and among those attending were Rolex ambassadors, the great Rod Laver and world top tennis Milos Raonic as well as Chinese player Wu Di.

Come for a walk through China's "most exclusive club" with Shanghai Rolex Masters Tournament Director Michael Luevano.