Defending champion Daniil Medvedev should overcome a sequence of adverse exams if he’s to retain his title on the Rolex Shanghai Masters, the place Jannik Sinner, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alexander Zverev have landed in his quarter.
The 27-year-old triumphed on the Chinese language ATP Masters 1000 occasion when the event was final held in 2019. Returning this week, Medvedev will face Cristian Garin or a qualifier within the second spherical, with 14th seed Auger-Aliassime a possible fourth-round opponent.
Medvedev, who has captured 4 tour-level titles on onerous courts this 12 months, is seeded to satisfy sixth seed Jannik Sinner within the quarter-finals. The World No. 3 leads the Italian 6-0 within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence. Ben Shelton might face 2019 finalist Alexander Zverev within the third spherical in Sinner’s part.
On the high of the draw, Carlos Alcaraz will face Nuno Borges or Gregoire Barrere on debut in Shanghai. The highest seed is seeded to play Karen Khachanov within the fourth spherical and will tackle Taylor Fritz or Frances Tiafoe within the quarter-finals.
The Spaniard might be searching for a deep run in Shanghai to spice up his hopes of ending ATP Yr-Finish No. 1 introduced by Pepperstone for a second consecutive 12 months. Nonetheless alive in Beijing, the 20-year-old would arrive in Shanghai 315 factors behind Novak Djokovic within the Pepperstone ATP Dwell Race To Turin if he wins the title in Beijing.
Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas and sixth seed Andrey Rublev are additionally in Alcaraz’s half. Tsitsipas begins towards a qualifier or Laslo Djere and will play Turin hopeful Cameron Norrie within the final 16. Rublev begins towards Quentin Halys or Aslan Karatsev and is seeded to satisfy Tommy Paul within the fourth spherical.
American Paul is twelfth within the Pepperstone ATP Dwell Race To Turin, 665 factors behind eighth-placed Holger Rune, who’s within the backside half and opens towards Brandon Nakashima or Bernabe Zapata Miralles.
Casper Ruud is tenth within the Dwell Race To Turin and 410 factors behind Rune. The Norwegian might play Alex de Minaur within the fourth spherical and Rune within the quarter-finals. De Minaur is eleventh within the Pepperstone ATP Dwell Race To Turin, 185 factors behind Ruud.
Three-time champion Andy Murray begins towards Roman Safiullin, whereas former World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka begins towards Dusan Lajovic. #NextGenATP Chinese language star Shang Juncheng performs Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki.
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