Shanghai - 15/10
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Today is Thursday, October 15, and in Shanghai it is 12:00 and 24 degrees. Ok, here we go.
Today at Breakfast
- 🇷🇺 Medvedev beats Tsitsipas without facing a break point
- 🇺🇸 Paul ends Bergs' run and sets up a meeting with Medvedev
- 🇪🇸 Jodar comes back again and stays in the race for Turin
- 🇳🇴 Ruud into the quarterfinals as Auger-Aliassime retires with a knee injury
- 🎾 Today: Gea vs Davidovich Fokina and Zverev vs de Minaur
WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY:
🇷🇺 Medvedev beats Tsitsipas without facing a break point
Daniil Medvedev beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 24 minutes. He didn't face a single break point and finished with 10 unforced errors to his opponent's 18. He now leads the head-to-head 11-5.
It was the most anticipated round-of-16 match of the day and the tidiest. On Friday in the quarterfinals he faces Tommy Paul.
🇺🇸 Paul ends Bergs' run and sets up a meeting with Medvedev
Tommy Paul beat Zizou Bergs 7-6(5), 6-4.
Bergs' week, in which he had beaten Carlos Alcaraz, comes to an end, and yesterday's match shows how hard it is to put together the same level two days later. Paul is back in the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000. Against a Medvedev serving like this, he will need something more on return on Friday.
🇪🇸 Jodar comes back again and stays in the race for Turin
Rafael Jodar beat Botic van de Zandschulp 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 in two and a half hours. It's the third match in a row in Shanghai in which the Spaniard has lost the first set and still won.
Jodar admitted that van de Zandschulp played the big points better in the tiebreak. Then an early break in the second set changed the match. It's the fourth time this year he has reached the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000, after Madrid, Rome and Montreal, and every round won here counts in the race for the ATP Finals, where he is chasing de Minaur for the last available spot. On Friday he will face Casper Ruud.
🇳🇴 Ruud into the quarterfinals as Auger-Aliassime retires with a knee injury
Casper Ruud was up 5-2 in the first set when Felix Auger-Aliassime retired with a left knee problem. The Canadian got hurt in the opening games, and his team heard him say: "No, it hurts too much".
For Ruud it's the first Shanghai quarterfinal of his career, reached in the way no player wants. For Auger-Aliassime the problem goes beyond this tournament: his chase for Turin now depends mostly on how that knee responds in the coming days.
WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY:
- Gea vs Davidovich Fokina - At 8:30 Italian time. Arthur Gea is playing his first Masters 1000 main draw and has already beaten Ben Shelton and Jakub Mensik; Alejandro Davidovich Fokina comes in off a three-set win over Hubert Hurkacz.
- Zverev vs de Minaur - Alexander Zverev has had right ankle problems during the tournament, and Alex de Minaur arrived in Shanghai after retiring with an adductor injury in the Beijing final. If the match goes long, which of the two bodies holds up better will also matter.
Read More
- ATP Shanghai: Jodar wants the Finals, Auger-Aliassime retires
- ATP Shanghai, Medvedev into the quarterfinals: Tsitsipas beaten in 2 sets
- ATP Shanghai, Jodar and Medvedev into the quarterfinals
- ATP Shanghai - Medvedev beats Tsitsipas in 2 sets. Aliassime forced to retire
- Tommy Paul Reaches Shanghai QF, Stops Bergs Run
- What Felix Auger-Aliassime was heard saying to his team before retiring in Shanghai
Enjoy your breakfast and have a great day.
See you tomorrow at 06:00 with TIE-Breakfast.
