Sinner\u2019s Path to the Final (Ranking\/Seeding)<\/p>\n
R1: BYE | H2H: N\/A
\nR2: Daniel Altmaier | H2H: Tied at 1-1
\nR3: Tallon Griekspoor [27] | H2H: Sinner leads 6-0
\nR4: Alexander Bublik [14] | H2H: Sinner leads 5-2
\nQF: Taylor Fritz [5] | H2H: Sinner leads 4-1
\nSF: Novak Djokovic [4] | H2H: Sinner leads 6-4
\nF: Alexander Zverev [3] | H2H: Zverev leads 4-3<\/p>\n
A potentially tricky opening round contest awaits Sinner against Daniel Altmaier <\/a>who he has struggled against in the past. The Italian could renew his rivalry with Alexander Bublik <\/a>should the Kazakh defeat Tomas Machac <\/a>in the third round while Tokyo finalist Taylor Fritz <\/a>is the projected quarter-finalist. Ultimately Sinner is favourite to go back-to-back in Shanghai, the question is who will be the one to challenge from the top half of the draw after Alcaraz\u2019s withdrawal from the tournament?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Best Result: Final (2019)<\/p>\n Zverev will aim to take advantage of an open section of the draw as he has a place at the ATP Finals on his mind heading into the latter stages of the tournament.<\/p>\n Zverev\u2019s Path to the Final (Ranking\/Seeding)<\/p>\n R1: BYE | H2H: N\/A Zverev will open up his campaign against either Mariano Navone <\/a>or dangerous qualifier Valentin Royer <\/a>before a potential third round meeting with big-serving American Alex Michelsen<\/a>. A testing fourth round match will await Zverev in the form of either Jiri Lehecka <\/a>or Denis Shapovalov <\/a>while Lorenzo Musetti <\/a>could await in the quarter-finals with the Italian having a very good record against Zverev. An open semi-final will await Zverev with Alex De Minaur <\/a>to be the likely challenger to the German in the last four. If Zverev can get past a dangerous fourth round match then the German will be the one to challenge Sinner in the final but even that is far from a guarantee.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \t \u00a0<\/p>\n Best Result: Champion (2012, 2013, 2015, 2018)<\/p>\n After another Grand Slam semi-final defeat, Djokovic will hope he can make a breakthrough at Masters 1000 level in what has been a disappointing season by his exceptionally high standards.<\/p>\n Djokovic\u2019s Path to the Final (Ranking\/Seeding)<\/p>\n R1: BYE | H2H: N\/A A familiar foe could await Djokovic in the opening round in the form of former US Open champion Marin Cilic<\/a>. An out of sorts Frances Tiafoe <\/a>is the projected third round clash although it wouldn\u2019t be too surprising if the American went out before then while a resurgent Andrey Rublev <\/a>will aim to provide a stern fourth round test. Meanwhile a tasty quarter-final showdown against Ben Shelton <\/a>could await before the semi-final showdown with Sinner. Should Djokovic play his best tennis then the Serb should reach the last four before falling to the Italian once again.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Best Result: Semi-Final (2024) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n After reaching the Tokyo final, Fritz is hoping to carry the momentum into Shanghai where he reached the semi-finals last year.<\/p>\n Fritz\u2019s Path to the Final (Ranking\/Seeding)<\/p>\n R1: BYE| H2H: N\/A An interesting first match could await Fritz as he takes on either Fabian Marozsan <\/a>or Stan Wawrinka <\/a>to begin his campaign. A third round meeting against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard <\/a>will test the American\u2019s ability to serve under pressure while Holger Rune <\/a>or Ugo Humbert <\/a>will await in the fourth round. If Fritz can continue to produce some clinical tennis on serve then he should reach the quarter-finals before inevitably going out to Sinner.<\/p>\n ATP Shanghai starts on the first of October and concludes on the 12th of October.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n How to Watch\/Follow ATP Shanghai 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Tony Fairbairn Jannik Sinner aims for Shanghai title defence after Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s withdrawal Top Seeds: Jannik Sinner,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[6774,92066,49,48,615,2083,82,15226,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-182316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alexander-zverev","9":"tag-atp-shanghai","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-jannik-sinner","13":"tag-novak-djokovic","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-taylor-fritz","16":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nR2: Mariano Navone | H2H: First Meeting
\nR3: Alex Michelsen [28] | H2H: Zverev leads 1-0
\nR4: Jiri Lehecka [15] | H2H: Tied at 1-1
\nQF: Lorenzo Musetti [8] | H2H: Musetti leads 3-1
\nSF: Alex De Minaur [7] | H2H: Zverev leads 8-3
\nF: Jannik Sinner [2] | H2H: Zverev leads 4-3<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/)
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\nR2: Marin Cilic | H2H: Djokovic leads 19-2
\nR3: Frances Tiafoe [25] | H2H: Djokovic leads 2-0
\nR4: Andrey Rublev [13] | H2H: Djokovic leads 5-1
\nQF: Ben Shelton [6] | H2H: Djokovic leads 1-0
\nSF: Jannik Sinner [2] | H2H: Sinner leads 6-4
\nF: Alexander Zverev [3] | H2H: Djokovic leads 9-5<\/p>\n
\nR2: Fabian Marozsan | H2H: Fritz leads 1-0
\nR3: Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard [32] | H2H: Fritz leads 1-0
\nR4: Holger Rune [10] | H2H: Fritz leads 2-1
\nQF: Jannik Sinner [2] | H2H: Sinner leads 4-1
\nSF: Novak Djokovic [4] | H2H: Djokovic leads 11-0
\nF: Alexander Zverev [3] | H2H: Fritz leads 9-5<\/p>\n