Shanghai Masters preview and predictions

October 8, 2018 4

Following some 250-point tournaments and a pair of relatively underwhelming 500s, the Asian swing is heating up this week with the Shanghai Masters. An alarming five of the top 13 players in the world are absent, but Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are both on board. […]

Federer makes it five in a row against Nadal, wins Shanghai title

October 15, 2017 194

Roger Federer extended his winning streak against Rafael Nadal to five–including four this season–with a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the final of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Sunday afternoon. The 36-year-old Swiss fired 10 aces without double-faulting, lost a mere eight points in nine service games, and never faced a break point. […]

Shanghai final preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Federer

October 14, 2017 417

It will be the 38th installment of arguably the greatest rivalry in tennis history when Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer meet again in the title match of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Sunday afternoon. Nadal is leading the head-to-head series 23-14, but Federer has narrowed the gap to the tune of four consecutive victories. […]

Nadal, Federer help set up blockbuster semifinal lineup in Shanghai

October 13, 2017 3

Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Marin Cilic joined Juan Martin Del Potro in the Shanghai semifinals thanks to mostly routine quarterfinal victories. Federer took care of Richard Gasquet 7-5, 6-4, Marin Cilic erased Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3, 6-4, and Nadal held off Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-3.

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Shanghai QF preview and prediction: Nadal vs. Dimitrov

October 12, 2017 113

Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov will be facing each other for the 11th time in their careers and for the second time in two weeks when they meet again in the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Friday. Nadal just recently improved to 9-1 lifetime in the head-to-head series when he beat Dimitrov 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 in last week’s Beijing semis. […]

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