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Because of the extra day of rest given to Beijing finalists Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, the top four players in the world were on court in Shanghai Saturday.

Especially in an expanded ATP 1000, this is an incredibly rare occurrence.

And those who had a ticket for this could consider themselves extremely, extremely fortunate, especially as it was Novak Djokovic’s first appearance in Shanghai – where he is HUGE – in five years.

It’s not even like the schedule on the second court wasn’t top shelf. But with the rain there were a lot of matches suspended or postponed.

WTA Tour – Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024 final results

(Shanghai is 12 hours ahead of EDT)

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Rolex Shanghai Masters
Location: Shanghai, China
Category: ATP 1000
Surface: Hard Court
Dates: Oct. 2 – 13, 2024
Prize money: $8,995,555
Draws: S96 – D32

Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024
Final results

Singles, second round

Upsets

Jakub Mensik (CZE) def [6] Andrey Rublev (RUS) 67 (7) 64 63

Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) def [27] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 76 (7) 75

[Q] Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) def [32] Brandon Nakashima (USA) 76 (4) 63

 

Big guns advancing

[1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) def. Taro Daniel (JPN) 61 64

[2] Alexander Zverev (GER) def. [Q] Mattia Bellucci (ITA) 64 62

[3] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def. Juncheng Shang (CHN) 62 62

[4] Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. Alex Michelsen (USA) 76 (3) 76 (9)

 

Other seeds advancing

[20] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) def. Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 63 62

[33] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def. Jaume Munar (ESP) 76 (6) 64

 

Suspended

[7] Taylor Fritz (USA) vs. [Q] Terence Atmane (FRA) 43 – suspended

[9] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs. Zizou Bergs (BEL) 63 24 – suspended

[23] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) vs. Roman Safiullin (RUS) 12 – suspended

 

Cancelled

[12] Holger Rune (DEN) vs. Matteo Berrettini (ITA)

[13] Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs. [WC] Yi Zhou (CHN)

[15] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) vs. David Goffin (BEL)

[24] Karen Khachanov (RUS) vs. Marcos Giron (USA) 

[26] Jordan Thompson (AUS) vs. Tallon Griekspoor (NED)

[28] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) vs. [WC] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 

 

Doubles, first round

Luciano Darderi (ITA) / Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) def. [ALT] Stefanos Tsitsipas / Petros Tsitsipas (GRE) 75 46 [11-9]

 

Ariel Behar (URU) / Robert Galloway (USA) def. [WC] Sun Fajing / Te Rigele (CHN) 63 64

Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Nikola Mektic (CRO) def. Arthur Fils (FRA) / Ben Shelton (USA) 63 36 [10-4]

 

Cancelled

[6] Harri Heliovaara (FIN) / Henry Patten (GBR) vs. Adam Pavlasek (CZE) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)

Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow (USA) vs. Francisco Cerundolo / Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG)

[WC] Jamie Murray (GBR) / John Peers (AUS) vs. Ugo Humbert / Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

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ATP Tour – Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 final results

WTA Tour – Friday, Oct. 4, 2024 final results

 

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