Shanghai Picks: Marozsan vs. Wawrinka, Mannarino vs. Berrettini

The Penultimate Masters 1000 Tournament of the Tennis season 2025 starts on Wednesday in Shanghai, where Wild Card Stan Wawrinka meets Fabian Marozsan. Matteo Berrettini is also in action.

Fabian Marozsan vs. (WC) Stan Wawrinka

Wawrinka plays in the main drawing of an ATP level Hard-Court Tournament when he takes the court at the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. The 40-year-old Swiss spent most of the time on the Challenger tour of recent times; In fact, this season he is only 2-10 on the main tour. Wawrinka has reached at least the semi-final in four consecutive challengers, but he withdrew from Saint-Tropez a little more than a week ago.

First for Wawrinka is Marozsan, with whom the triple Grand SLAM champion has never had to deal with. Marozsan did not play particularly well on his way to the Asian Swing, but he went on to the Semis in Beijing before he fell to Jannik Sinner. Since the beginning of the summer, Wawrinka has almost exclusively confronted with opponents outside the top 100. The 57th ranking Hungarer will probably be too big a step in the competition.

Pick: Marozsan in 2

Adrian Mannarino vs. Matteo Berrettini

Berrettini and Mannarino go into their career for the second time on Wednesday. Their only earlier meeting came in the Australian Open seven years ago, where Mannarino rode 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Berrettini is now clearly a much different player, but he can never be familiar with a physical point of view given his extensive history of injuries. The 56th rank Italian has won only one competition since the Rome Masters at the beginning of May.

Mannarino is still going strong at the age of 37. The 60th ranking list Frenchman successfully qualified in Beijing last week and made Alexander Bublik Van Streek before he succumbed to Lorenzo Musetti. He also ran to the US Open fourth round. Mannarino is currently just the much more reliable player, and his ability to punch and use all kinds of variety will probably be too much for a vulnerable opponent.

Pick: Mannarino in 3