Who will Rolex Shanghai Masters?
Well, we know who not Win it. The last man who stands will not be Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner. Alcaraz withdrew prior to the start of this Masters 1000 tournament due to an ankle injury sustained on the way to last week’s Tokyo title. Sinner retired on Sunday in the third set of his third round match against Tallon Greekspoor. Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton have already lost.
That means that four of the top six players in the world are not part of the Shanghai-Confess game because the third round competition will end on Monday. Jack Draper did not play and Karen Khahanov Boog in his opening game, so six of the top 10 have disappeared.
World No. 3 Alexander Zverev is the highest ranked man who has been left in the field, but he struggled with a toe injury on Saturday and is an important question mark to even play his next game against Arthur Rindernech. The bid by Novak Djokovic for a fifth Shanghai title is still alive, but he was not convincing in a three-set defeat of Yannick Hanfmann on Saturday.
So, who could benefit?
Although Daniil Medvedev may not play properly in 2025, he has a realistic opportunity to end his title dryness dating from the spring of 2023. Long before Medvedev can really start thinking about the trophy, he must come beyond Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in round three. Davidovich Fokina could also have designs from his very first ATP title that comes at the Masters 1000 level.
Alex de Minaur, Lorenzo Musetti, Holger Rune and Felix Auger-Aliassy are among the other contenders.
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