Nishikori, Wawrinka headline Shanghai wild cards

pFormer World No. 4 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kei-nishikori/n552/overview'Kei Nishikori/a, three-time major champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stan-wawrinka/w367/overview'Stan Wawrinka/a and a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yunchaokete-bu/y09v/overview" target="_blank"Buyunchaokete/a have been awarded wild cards for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a, a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://x.com/SH_RolexMasters/status/1838938563582300269" target="_blank"the tournament announced Wednesday/a./p

pNishikori, 34, will be making his first appearance in Shanghai since 2018. The Japanese star has made at least the quarter-finals twice in his previous six appearances. Nishikori reached the last eight in his previous ATP Masters 1000 outing in Montreal in August./p

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pWawrinka, former World No. 3 in the PIF ATP Rankings, will compete in Shanghai for the 13th time. The 39-year-old has twice reached the quarter-finals./p

pThe home favourite a rel="noopener noreferrer"Buyunchaoketenbsp;/awill be making his second appearance in Shanghai. Last week, the 22-year-old reached the semi-finals of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/hangzhou/4713/overview'Hangzhou Open/a, before falling tonbsp;a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/zhizhen-zhang/z371/overview" target="_blank"Zhang Zhizhen/a./p

pThe a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a runs from 2-13 October./p

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