How Rublev’s Live Race outlook shifts after Ruud’s Shanghai upset

pCan a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a qualify for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a for the fifth consecutive year?/pp

The 26-year-old is well positioned to do so and after a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a was upset Friday at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a, Rublev has a chance this fortnight to improve upon his current seventh position in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin. Ruud leads Rublev by just 225 points./pp

Should Rublev reach his fourth ATP Masters 1000 quarter-final of the season, he would be within striking distance of passing sixth-placed Ruud. But Rublev will need a semi-final run in Shanghai to leapfrog the Norwegian./p[ATP APP]p /stronga rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles-race-to-turin" target="_blank"PIF ATP Live Race To Turin/a/strongnbsp;(as of 4 October)br /table style="width: 100%;" tbody tr tdnbsp;strongPlayer/strong/td tdnbsp;strongPoints/strong/td /tr tr tdnbsp;1) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a*/td tdnbsp;9,340/td /tr tr tdnbsp;2)nbsp;a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a*/td tdnbsp;6,520/td /tr tr tdnbsp;3) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a*/td tdnbsp;6,125/td /tr tr tdnbsp;4) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a/td tdnbsp;4,670/td /tr tr tdnbsp;5) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a/td tdnbsp;3,900/td /tr tr tdnbsp;6) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a/td tdnbsp;3,805/td /tr tr tdnbsp;7) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a/td tdnbsp;3,580/td /tr tr tdnbsp;8) a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a/td tdnbsp;3,305/td /tr /tbody/tablebr /emsup*Sinner, Alcaraz and Zverev have secured qualification./sup/empa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a is aiming to become the next player to secure qualification for the season finale. The 28-year-old is fourth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin while the three players ahead of him have already qualified: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a./ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a is well placed to earn his spot at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a for the first time. The American, sixth in the Race, played the event in 2022 as an alternate./ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a is not competing in Shanghai, providing a path for a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a to slide up to eighth should the Serbian win his opening match at the ATP Masters 1000 event./ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a is enjoying a resurgent year that has placed him 10th in the Race. The Bulgarian won the 2017 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a with a 5-0 record, but has not been back to the eight-player event since. To start 2024, Dimitrov won his first title (Brisbane) since that a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a stunner. He also reached the Miami final./ppAmerican a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tommy-paul/pl56/overview'Tommy Paul/a has an opportunity to qualify for Turin for the first time. The 11th-placed Paul has earned two titles this season (Dallas, Queen's Club)./pp

With only two ATP Masters 1000 tournaments remaining this year, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a will look to make ground starting in Shanghai, where he beat former No. 4 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kei-nishikori/n552/overview'Kei Nishikori/a on Friday. The Greek, 12th in the Race, is seeking to qualify for Turin for the sixth consecutive year./pp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p