SHANGHAI, China -- Seventh-seeded Juan Monaco was upset by fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 6-2 Tuesday in the second round of the Shanghai Masters. . The 23rd-ranked Verdasco broke his opponent three times and hold serve throughout the match. "I think I played a great match from the beginning until the end," Verdasco said. "I knew how I was supposed to play to beat him and I think I did it pretty well." Earlier, eighth-seeded American John Isner saved three match points in the third-set tiebreaker before outlasting Kevin Anderson of South Africa 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8), 7-6 (7). In a match where neither play dropped his serve, Isner hit 24 aces while Anderson had 21. "The quality was good as far as serving goes," said Isner, who wasted a match point in the second-set tiebreaker. "But other than that I think we maybe both could have played better a little bit. I guess it was exciting from a fan standpoint. Anytime a match comes down to a third-set tiebreaker, its going to be exciting." Kei Nishikori, who is coming off a win at home at the Tokyo Open last week, had little trouble securing a 6-2, 6-4 first-round win over wild-card entry Wu Di of China. "Obviously, its not easy thing to play after winning the tournament," said the 15th-ranked Nishikori. "You want to rest. But I had a good day today." Florian Mayer of Germany eased to a 6-4, 6-0 first-round win over Bernard Tomic of Australia in just 45 minutes. "My lack of concentration I think cost me," Tomic said. "I feel like my mental skills werent there." In other first-round matches, No. 12 Milos Raonic of Canada beat Marinko Matosevic of Australia 7-6 (4), 6-3, 13th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland ousted Albert Ramos of Spain 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5), and 15th-seeded Gilles Simon of France beat Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-4, 6-2. [url=http://www.falconsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-desmond-trufant-jersey-... Trufant Jersey . 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Liverpool, however, missed a chance to climb into the top half of the standings for the first time this season, with the 18-time English champions again failing to win at home despite dominating for large periods. Newcastle scored from one of its rare forays forward, with Yohan Cabaye volleying home superbly in the 43rd after good work by Hatem Ben Arfa, and was forced to hang on with 10 men after Fabricio Coloccini was red-carded six minutes from time. "Suarez is a great player. He was causing us problems and if we could have wrapped him up, we would have won the game," Newcastle manager Alan Pardew said. In the other game, Queens Park Rangers and Reading remain winless in the league after 10 games after drawing 1-1 at Loftus Road, leaving both teams in the bottom three and destined for season of struggle. Former France striker Djibril Cisse rescued a point for the hosts by poking home a close-range finish in the 66th, cancelling out an acrobatic opener scored by Kaspars Gorkss -- a former QPR player. The point provisionally lifts QPR off the bottom of the table above Southampton, which plays on Monday against West Bromwich Albion, but the result will increase the pressure on manager Mark Hughes. [url=http://www.falconsofficialteamstore.com/autographed-william-moore-jersey-lh... Moore Jersey. "Were working exceptionally hard on a daily basis to turn this around and well get there, we know that," said Hughes, who continues to receive the backing of owner Tony Fernandes. "The sooner it turns around the better, not so much in terms of staying in this league but we anticipated before the season started that we would have a really successful season." At Anfield, Gerrard was presented with a statue of the citys red Liver Bird symbol before the match by former teammate Gary McAllister, having been compared to Superman by Rodgers this week for his regular rescue acts down the years. However, it was Suarez who saved Liverpool this time, his goal capping a superb all-round performance that for once wasnt tainted by accusations of diving. He was also the victim of Coloccinis studs-up tackle, although replays showed the Argentina captain merely glanced the leg of Suarez. "Most people in football know he is a threat, he plays the false No. 9 role like (Lionel) Messi does at Barcelona," Rodgers said. "He will be disappointed we did not win." Liverpool has won just one of its six home games this season and only three in total in 2012, stopping the team making a run at the top four at present. "I thought we were outstanding with intensity and possession," Rodgers said. "We went to sleep just before halftime for their goal, but for every other moment I thought we were brilliant. We couldnt put the chances away we had." Newcastle could have moved sixth with a first win at Anfield since 1994, but stayed in 10th place. ' ' '