He Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 became a mess of canceled and postponed matches due to repeated rains, which for the third consecutive day marred the programme, which had important consequences for players such as Carlos Alcaraz.
Of the 13 matches scheduled this Monday, the organization has only saved 9 of the most delayed, still in the second round of the lower part of the table, where the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the german Alexander Zverev as favorites.
To do this, they had to open an ‘indoor’ track that was not in the competition plan, which was outside and only had a retractable center roof as protection against bad weather.
Indoor A1 hosts four matches, in conditions that have little to do with the so-called ‘glamour’ of an ATP Masters 1000. But emergencies are stronger.
Carlos Alcaraz went to the second round on Sunday, as Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Tommy Paul. But the four remain unopposed as the games that were canceled that day were also not played this Monday. They will do it on Tuesday.
That is, Alcaraz’s calendar is different. He planned to enter the round of 16 on Tuesday, he will have to wait until at least Wednesday, with two days without competition, as was the case in Novak Djokovic between the second and third rounds.
The meeting between the French Gael Monfils and Ugo Humbertwhere Alcaraz’s opponent will start, will appear in the order of play on Wednesday at 06:30 Spanish peninsular time, on Show Court 3. Rain permitting. The intention is to complete the third round, leaving the eighth designed.
Tuesday’s program in Shanghai
CENTER COURT (06:30 h)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/10)-Alexandre Muller (Fra)
Taylor Fritz (USA/7)-Yosuke Watanuki (Jap/Q)
(not before 12:30 pm)
Flavio Cobolli (Ita) or Stan Wawrinka (Sui)-Novak Djokovic (Srb/4)
Tallon Griekspoor (Ned)-Alexander Zverev (Ale/2)
SHOW COURT 3 (06:30 hours)
Gael Monfils (Fra)-Ugo Humbert (Fra/16)
Alexei Popyrin (Aus/20)-Grigor Dimitrov (Bul/9)
Jiri Lehecka (Che/33)-Matteo Berrettini (Ita) or Holger Rune (Din)
Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) or David Goffin (Bel)-Marcos Giron (USA)
GRANDSTAND 2 (06:30 hours)
Jakub Mensik (Che)-Alexander Shevchenko (Kaz)
Roberto Carballés (Esp)-Ben Shelton (USA/14)
Frances Tiafoe (USA/13)-Romain Safiullin (Rus)
TRACK 4 (06:30 hours)
Tomas Machac (Che/30)-Aleksandra Vukic (Aus/Q)
Source: La Verdad
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