From Stefanos Tsitsipas' dream day to Daniil Medvedev continuing his
dominance by lifting his second ATP Masters 1000 title, relive the best
moments of the 2019 Rolex Shanghai Masters.To get more
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1. Medvedev Prevails In Shanghai: Can anyone stop this man? The Russian
outclassed Alexander Zverev to take the title in Shanghai without
dropping a set. Medvedev is on a nine-match winning streak, all of which
have come in straight sets, and he has prevailed in 29 of his past 32
matches. The 23-year-old also has more match wins (59) than anyone else
on Tour this year.
2. Pavic/Soares Come Alive In Shanghai: Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares
hadn't reached a final in the first seven tournaments of their new
partnership, but they found their footing and defeated Lukasz
Kubot/Marcelo Melo to prevail in Shanghai without dropping a set. It's
the fourth Masters 1000 title for Soares and the first for Pavic.
3. Zverev Turns His Season Around: The German produced his best result
of the year in Shanghai, defeating Roger Federer in the quarter-finals
for his first Top 10 win of the season and then scoring a dominant
semi-final victory over Berrettini. His week puts him in seventh place
in the ATP Race to London as he looks to defend his title at the
season-ending Nitto ATP Finals, held 10-17 November at The O2 in London.
4. Double The Fun: Stefanos Tsitsipas enjoyed one of the best days of
his young career on Friday. The reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion
defeated Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals for his first win over a
current World No. 1., then learned he had qualified for his maiden
appearance at the Nitto ATP Finals. The sixth seed in Shanghai advanced
to the semi-finals before falling to eventual champion Medvedev.
5. Youth Movement: Djokovic and Federer were a combined 13-0 in Rolex
Shanghai Masters quarter-finals before Friday, but that was before the
ATP Tour's youth movement took over. Tsitsipas (d. Djokovic), Zverev (d.
Federer) and Matteo Berrettini (d. Thiem) all scored big upsets, while
Medvedev continued his run by defeating Fabio Fognini in the
quarter-finals. It marked the first time time in 20 years that all four
semi-finalists at a Masters 1000 event were under the age of 24.
6. London Calling: Kubot/Melo's quarter-final win in Shanghai over Ivan
Dodig/Filip Polasek ensured they will return to the Nitto ATP Finals
this year. Their season includes a title in Winston-Salem (d.
Monroe/Sandgren) and runner-up showings at four events, including
Shanghai (l. to Pavic/Soares) and the BNP Paribas Open (l. to
Mektic/Zeballos).
7. Pretty Please, Son: Federer's parents are not a regular fixture at
his matches, but Robert and Lynette Federer both accompanied him to
Shanghai this year. It was Lynette's third trip to the city, but
Robert's first, and he was so enamoured that he already wants his son to
put the eighth Masters 1000 event of the year on his schedule for 2020.
8. Rivalry Bingo: Dominic Thiem and Pablo Carreno Busta squared off for
the first time at an ITF Futures event in Morocco in 2012. Their rivalry
quickly progressed to the ATP Challenger Tour the following year and
reached the ATP Tour in 2015 with a showdown in Gstaad. The Austrian won
their latest battle in Shanghai to take a 6-0 lead in their FedEx ATP
Head2Head rivalry, but it likely won't be the last time they meet.
9. On Top Of The World: Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah clinched
the year-end No. 1 ATP Doubles Team Ranking for the first time as a
result of their second-round win over John Isner and Sam Querrey. They
became the second all-South American doubles team to accomplish the feat
since the ATP Doubles Team Rankings began in 1984. Cabal/Farah have won
five-tour level titles this year, including their first two Grand Slam
titles Wimbledon (d. Mahut/Roger-Vasselin) and the US Open (d.
Mektic/Zeballos).
10. Roger Returns, On Twitter: By his own admission, Federer is not the
most prolific tweeter and will take breaks from social media for months
at a time. But the Swiss brushed off his Twitter account to answer fan
questions and even ask for recommendations on what to see in Shanghai.
With his next two tournaments coming up this month in Basel and Paris,
its shouldn’t be long before we see Federer back on social media again.
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