The men’s tennis Rolex Shanghai Masters (China/Shanghai, hard, ATP 1000) announced the singles pairings on the 30th. Former world No. 4, who will participate as a wild card (recommended by the organizer)It has been decided that Kei Nishikori will face world No. 40 M. Navone (Argentina) in the first round.
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The tournament will be held from October 2nd to 13th. Last year, H. Hurkacz (Poland) defeated A. Rublev in the final to win the championship.
This is Nishikori’s seventh time participating in the main tournament, the first time in six years since 2018. His best result was the top four in 2011. This year, he lost in the semi-finals to A. Murray (Great Britain), who was ranked 4th in the world at the time.
In his last appearance in 2018, he made it to the top eight, losing to then-world No. 2 Roger Federer (Switzerland) in the quarterfinals.
On this day, the draw for this tournament was announced, and it was decided that Nishikori would face 23-year-old Navone in the first round. The two meet for the first time.
The winner of this match will face No. 10 seed S. Tsitsipas (Greece) in the second round. This will be Tsitsipas’ first match in this tournament, as seeded players are exempt from the first round.
Nishikori will be playing in tour tournaments for three consecutive weeks, following the Chengdu Open (China/Chengdu, Hard, ATP250) and the currently being held Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships 2024 (Japan/Tokyo, Hard, ATP500). .
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