Shanghai Masters News

In his maiden appearance at a Masters, Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak lost in straight sets to third seeds Marcelo Melo and Luksz Kubot. Meanwhile, at the Tashkent Challenger, Vishnu Vardhan and N Sriram Balaji suffered a shock defeat against Sanjar Fayziev and Jurabek Karimov in the quarter-finals.

The Swiss world number two Roger Federer won the Shanghai Masters by brushing aside the world number one Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-3. With this, Federer gained the fourth victory of the year against his Spanish rival and also won the Shanghai title for the second time in his career.

Australia ace Nick Kyrgios has been fined $10,000 and denied $21,085 prize money from his first-round game against Steve Johnson after the 22-year-old walked out of the Shanghai Masters’ match. This is the second consecutive year that the Australian has faced punishment for misconduct at Shanghai.

Title contenders Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer progressed into the third round of the Shanghai Masters with convincing wins over Jared Donaldson and Diego Schwartzman respectively. Nick Kyrgios was fined and denied his first-round prize money following his controversial second-round retirement.