Shanghai Masters, the penultimate ATP Masters 1000 of the season, is currently underway with the round of 128 taking place since Wednesday. Round of 64 will follow on Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4, which will see the debut of the seeded players, avoiding the first round match. That is the case of players like Ben Shelton, Holger Rune, Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz, and Novak Djokovic, debuting tomorrow, Friday.
At the time of writing, the order of matches for Friday has been confirmed. Given the time differences, matches will begin early in the morning, at 6:30 AM CEST, 5:30 BST, and the last match of the day will start not earlier than 13:40 CEST, 12:40 BST.
Except for the three opening matches, the rest could start later, depending on how long the previous matches are and when do courts are available again. This is the list of matches for Friday, October 3, in Shanghai Masters men's singles:
Ben Shelton vs. David Goffin: 6:30 CET
Benjamin Bonzi vs. Gabriel Diallo: 6:30 CET
Frances Tiafoe vs. Yannick Hanfmann: 6:30 CET
Sebastian Baez vs. Holger Rune: 7:40 CET
Francisco Cerúndolo vs. Adrian Mannarino: 7:40 CET
Ugo Humbert vs. Jorgan Thompson: 7:40 CET
Learner Tien vs. Miomir Kecmanovic: 7:40 CET
Mattia Bellucci vs. Tomas Machc: 8:50 CET
Luca Nardi vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 8:50 CET
Zizou Bergs vs. Casper Ruud: 10:00 CET
Jaume Munar vs. Flavio Cobolli: 10:00 CET
Tallon Griekspoor vs. Jenson Brooksby: 10:00 CET
Alexander Bublik vs. Valentin Vacherot: 10:00 CET
Marin Cilic vs. Novak Djokovic: 12:30 CET
Taylor Fritz vs. Fábian Marozsán: 13:40 CET
Times and rivals for other seeded players that debut on Saturday, including Alexander Zverev, Alejando Davidovich Fokina or Cameron Norrie are not confirmed yet.