The entire top-20 in the ATP Race to London will feature in the Shanghai Rolex Master, the 8th Master 1000 tournament of the year.
Top-seed Novak Djokovic could face David Ferrer in the quarter final. Number 2 seed and Shanghai defending champion Roger Federer could clash against Kei Nishikori in the quarter finals and either Stan Wawrinka or Rafa Nadal in the semifinal.
The Draw was held in Shanghai today. Eleven-time Grand Slam champion Rod Laver and Canadian star Milos Raonic attended the draw ceremony in the big chinese city.
Novak Djokovic will start against Martin Klizan or a qualifier in the second round before a potential third round match against either Feliciano Lopez or Dominic Thiem. His possible quarter final rival David Ferrer will face either Fernando Verdasco or Bernard Tomic before a possible clash against Richard Gasquet who will face a tough test against Gilles Muller who reached the semifinal at the ATP 500 in Tokyo after beating Kevin Anderson in the first round and Giles Simon in the quarter final
Number 3 seed Andy Murray tops the second quarter where he will face the winner of the match between Andreas Seppi and Steve Johnson. In the third round Murray could meet the winner of the match between David Goffin and Benoit Paire who upset Kei Nishikori to reach the final in Tokyo.
Murray’s potential rival in the quarter final could be either Tomas Berdych or Giles Simon, who lost the Shanghai final last year
The biggest name in the third quarter is Stan Wawrinka who could face either Marin Cilic or young Croatian star Borna Coric in the third round. This year’s Roland Garros champion Wawrinka, who reached the quarter final as best result in Shanghai in 2013, will start against the winner of the match between Pablo Cuevas and Victor Troicki.
Wawrinka’s potential rival in the quarter final will be Rafa Nadal who reached the final in Beijing after beating Fabio Fognini in the semifinal. Nadal will face a tough match against Ivo Karlovic who broke the ace record held by his compatriot Goran Ivanisevic during the second round match against Pablo Cuevas in Beijing. In the third round Nadal could face another tough match against Milos Raonic who will open against Thomas Bellucci in the first round and the winner of the match between Roberto Bautista Agut and Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Roger Federer will make his return after a break following the win of Switzerland over the Netherlands in the Davis Cup Play-Off. The Swiss Maestro will open against the winner of the match between Sam Querrey and a qualifier before a possible third round clash against Jo Wilfred Tsonga or Tommy Robredo.
Federer could meet Kei Nishikori in the quarter finals. Nishikori was upset by Benoit Paire in the semifinals of the Rakuten Open in Tokyo. Nishikori could face Nick Kyrgios in the second round before meeting either Kevin Anderson or the winner of the match between Fabio Fognini and Joao Sousa. Fognini enjoyed a good hard-court season reaching the fourth round at the US Open after winning an epic five-set match against Nadal and the semifinal in Beijing this week.
