Rome, 4 September (LaPresse) – Giulio Zeppieri reaches the quarter-finals of the ATP Challenger tournament in Shanghai (total prize money of $160,000, played on hard courts). The Roman tennis player, ranked 260th, defeated Russia's Petr Bar Biryukov, ranked 322nd internationally, in the round of 16 with a score of 6-4, 6-1. In the quarter-finals, Zeppieri will face the winner of the match between Britain's Daniel Evans and Poland's Filip Peliwo.