Could Sinner face Medvedev, Alcaraz Djokovic in Shanghai?

pTop seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a faces a daunting draw at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a. /p

pThe Italian could face three former No. 1 players in the PIF ATP Rankings mdash; a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a in the quarter-finals, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a in the semi-finals and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a in the final mdash; during his run at the Chinese ATP Masters 1000 event./p

pSinner will begin his tournament against Japanese veteran a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taro-daniel/da81/overview'Taro Daniel/a or a qualifier, with 31st seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-martin-etcheverry/ea24/overview'Tomas Martin Etcheverry/a the first seeded opponent he could play. Also in his section of the draw are 14th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a and 21st seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a, both potential fourth-round opponents./p

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pMedvedev and 2019 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a are also in Sinnerrsquo;s quarter of the stronga rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/shanghai/5014/draws" target="_blank"Shanghai draw/a/strong. The 2019 Shanghai champion Medvedev will open against Brazilian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-seyboth-wild/sx91/overview'Thiago Seyboth Wild/a or a qualifier./p

pThird seed Alcaraz, who made the fourth round on his tournament debut last year, will face a #NextGenATP opponent, a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juncheng-shang/s0re/overview" target="_blank"Shang Juncheng/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/coleman-wong/w0bh/overview'Coleman Wong/a, in the second round. Big-serving Chilean a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-jarry/j551/overview'Nicolas Jarry/a, the 25th seed, looms as a potential third-round foe. /p

pAlso in the Spaniardrsquo;s quarter are eighth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a, 11th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tommy-paul/pl56/overview'Tommy Paul/a and surging Czech a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-machac/m0fh/overview'Tomas Machac/a, the 30th seed who is in the Tokyo semi-finals./p

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pDjokovic is set for just his second match since suffering a stunning loss in the third round of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a Open to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexei-popyrin/p09z/overview'Alexei Popyrin/a. The Serbian, who played a Davis Cup match the week after the season's final major, will open against #NextGenATP American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a or in-form Chinese player Buyunchaokete./p

pThe four-time a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a champion has not played the tournament since 2019. The event was not played from 2020-22 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Djokovic has never failed to reach the quarter-finals in nine previous Shanghai appearances./p

pSecond seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a will open against a qualifier. The 2019 finalist could play red-hot Australian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a, the 26th seed, in the third round. They have split their four previous Lexus ATP Head2Head meetings, including a split of their two clashes earlier this year./p

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