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Might Sinner face Medvedev, Alcaraz & Djokovic in Shanghai?

4-time champion Djokovic returns to motion

September 30, 2024

High seed Jannik Sinner faces a frightening draw on the Rolex Shanghai Masters.

The Italian might face three former No. 1 gamers within the PIF ATP Rankings — Daniil Medvedev within the quarter-finals, Carlos Alcaraz within the semi-finals and Novak Djokovic within the ultimate — throughout his run on the Chinese language ATP Masters 1000 occasion.

Sinner will start his match towards Japanese veteran Taro Daniel or a qualifier, with thirty first seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry the primary seeded opponent he might play. Additionally in his part of the draw are 14th seed Ben Shelton and twenty first seed Arthur Fils, each potential fourth-round opponents.

Medvedev and 2019 Nitto ATP Finals champion Stefanos Tsitsipas are additionally in Sinner’s quarter of the Shanghai draw. The 2019 Shanghai champion Medvedev will open towards Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild or a qualifier.

Third seed Alcaraz, who made the fourth spherical on his match debut final yr, will face a #NextGenATP opponent, Shang Juncheng or Coleman Wong, within the second spherical. Huge-serving Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the twenty fifth seed, looms as a possible third-round foe.

Additionally within the Spaniard’s quarter are eighth seed Casper Ruud, eleventh seed Tommy Paul and surging Czech Tomas Machac, the thirtieth seed who’s within the Tokyo semi-finals.

Djokovic is about for simply his second match since struggling a surprising loss within the third spherical of the US Open Open to Alexei Popyrin. The Serbian, who performed a Davis Cup match the week after the season’s ultimate main, will open towards #NextGenATP American Alex Michelsen or in-form Chinese language participant Buyunchaokete.

The four-time Rolex Shanghai Masters champion has not performed the match since 2019. The occasion was not performed from 2020-22 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Djokovic has by no means failed to succeed in the quarter-finals in 9 earlier Shanghai appearances.

Second seed Alexander Zverev will open towards a qualifier. The 2019 finalist might play red-hot Australian Jordan Thompson, the twenty sixth seed, within the third spherical. They’ve cut up their 4 earlier Lexus ATP Head2Head conferences, together with a cut up of their two clashes earlier this yr.