Shanghai Masters 2025 Day Four Recap

Day 4 on the 2025 Shanghai Rolex Masters marked the beginning of the highest half of the draw, with many of the headline names making their match debuts.

Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Alex de Minaur, and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina all superior in straight units, whereas Learner Tien continued his run with one other upset win.

Stefanos Tsitsipas pulled out earlier than his opener with a proper leg damage, whereas Jerry Shang gave the house followers one thing to cheer, defeating ninth seed Karen Khachanov within the upset of the day.

Elsewhere, Cameron Norrie scraped previous Arthur Cazaux in a deciding-set tiebreak, and qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka surprised Andrey Rublev to ship the thirteenth seed crashing out.

Defending champion Jannik Sinner, one of many two bottom-half matches held over, regarded sharp in his opener in opposition to Daniel Altmaier, whereas Rublev’s loss capped a depressing Asian swing for the Russian.

With the spherical of 32 now set, the match image is beginning to take form, and it’s exhausting to see previous Sinner defending his title.

Day 4 Shanghai Masters 2025 Spherical of 64 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Learner Tien
Corentin Moutet (33)
4-6 6-4 6-4

Cameron Norrie (30)
Arthur Cazaux
6-3 0-6 7-6(5)

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (18)
Matteo Arnaldi
6-4 6-4

Daniil Medvedev (16)
Dalibor Svrcina (Q)
6-1 6-1

Jerry Shang (WC)
Karen Khachanov (9)
7-6(3) 6-3

Nuno Borges
Aleksander Vukic (LL)
7-6(7) 6-4

Kamil Majchrzak
Brandon Nakashima (29)
6-4 6-0

Alex de Minaur (7)
Camilo Ugo Carabelli
6-4 6-2

Alexander Zverev (3)
Valentin Royer (Q)
6-4 6-4

Arthur Rinderknech
Alex Michelsen (28)
6-3 6-4

Denis Shapovalov (23)
Christopher O’Connell
6-3 6-2

Jiri Lehecka (15)
Quentin Halys
6-4 7-5

Felix Auger-Aliassime (12)
Alejandro Tabilo (Q)
6-3 6-3

Jesper de Jong
Jakub Mensik (17)
4-6 7-6(2) 6-4

Luciano Darderi (26)
Yunchaokete Bu
6-4 6-4

Lorenzo Musetti (8)
Francisco Comesana
6-4 6-0

Yoshihito Nishioka
Andrey Rublev (13)
2-6 6-1 6-4

Jannik Sinner (2)
Daniel Altamaier
6-3 6-3

Key Matches

Jannik Sinner def. Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-3

Defending champion Jannik Sinner launched his title defence with a commanding 6-3, 6-3 victory over Daniel Altmaier, wrapping up in 1 hour and 38 minutes.

Sinner got here in recent from the Beijing title, and he hit the bottom working, wanting as strong as ever from the baseline, changing 3 of 4 breakpoints and successful 72% of service factors.

Yoshihito Nishioka def. Andrey Rublev (13) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

Japanese qualifier Yoshihito Nishioka surprised thirteenth seed Andrey Rublev in a comeback upset, rallying from a set down to achieve the third spherical.

I believed Rublev had acquired again into kind below Safin, and though Nishioka is at all times a tough opponent, it’s a poor loss for the Russian, who leaves the Asian swing with out a single win (Nishioka, Cobolli and Royer all bagging wins in opposition to him). His Turin hopes are severely dented.

It’s not that they’ve found out my recreation. It’s simply that my degree of tennis has reached a ceiling. That’s it. Both I proceed to be caught within the prime 20, with all of the younger gamers pushing me down the rankings additional and additional, otherwise you attempt to drastically change the whole lot. Rublev talking to the Russian press.

Daniil Medvedev def. Dalibor Svrcina (Q) 6-1, 6-1

Former champion Daniil Medvedev cruised previous qualifier Dalibor Svrcina in a 60-minute demolition, putting 22 winners to simply 9 unforced errors.

It’s been some time since we’ve seen Meddy produce a hard-court clinic, as he’s been struggling in opposition to all comers this season. Nevertheless, after reaching the Beijing semifinals, maybe he’s discovering some kind together with his new teaching group.

Alex de Minaur def. Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-4, 6-2

Seventh seed Alex de Minaur notched his personal-best forty eighth win of 2025 (35-8 on exhausting), defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli in 88 minutes with out going through a break level.

De Minaur, seventh within the Dwell Race to Turin (3,355 factors), trails Ben Shelton by 325 factors, and he’s had one other very constant 12 months.

Alexander Zverev def. Valentin Royer (Q) 6-4, 6-4

Third seed Alexander Zverev overcame a late scare resulting from a proper toe damage to defeat qualifier Valentin Royer in straight units, serving out the match after receiving physiotherapy therapy.

Curiously, he stated in his on-court interview that he agrees with Federer about floor homogenisation and that he would like extra selection. Many will say bitter grapes, as Sinner and Alcaraz are those taking titles he’d in any other case win, however I believe he has some extent. He has additionally suffered from the ball adjustments over the past couple of years.

Highlights

Shanghai Masters 2025 Day 5 Spherical of 32 Matches