Defending champion Sinner eases past Altmaier in Shanghai

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF ATP SHANGHAI MASTERS MATCHES  SHOWS: SHANGHAI, CHINA (OCTOBER 4, 2025) (ATP MEDIA / IMG – See restrictions before use) SINNER V ALTMAIER 6-3 6-3 1. SINNER WALKING OUT ONTO COURT FIRST SET 2. ALTMAIER HITS FOREHAND WIDE, SINNER BREAKS FOR 2-1 LEAD 3. SINNER REACTS 4. ALTMAIER HITS BACKHAND WINNER 5. ALTMAIER REACTS 6. ALTMAIER NETS BACKHAND, SINNER TAKES FIRST SET 7. SINNER REACTS 8. SINNER’S BOX REACTS SECOND SET 9. ALTMAIER HITS BACKHAND WIDE, SINNER BREAKS FOR 2-0 LEAD 10. ALTMAIER HITS BACKHAND WINNER 11. ALTMAIER REACTS 12. ALTMAIER HITS FOREHAND WIDE, SINNER WINS MATCH 13. SINNER REACTS 14. ALTMAIER REACTS 15. PLAYERS MEET AT THE NET 16. SINNER’S BOX REACTS MEDVEDEV V SVRCINA 6-1 6-1 FIRST SET 17. MEDVEDEV PREPARES TO FACE SERVE 18. SVRCINA HITS BACKHAND WIDE, MEDVEDEV BREAKS FOR 2-0 LEAD 19. MEDVEDEV REACTS 20. SVRCINA NETS BACKHAND, MEDVEDEV TAKES FIRST SET 21. MEDVEDEV REACTS SECOND SET 22. SVRCINA NETS FOREHAND, MEDVEDEV BREAKS FOR 1-0 LEAD 23. SVRCINA HITS BACKHAND LONG, MEDVEDEV BREAKS FOR 4-1 LEAD 24. MEDVEDEV WALKING ACROSS COURT 25. MEDVEDEV HITS VOLLEY, WINS MATCH 26. MEDVEDEV REACTS 27. PLAYERS MEET AT THE NET 28. MEDVEDEV WAVES TO CROWD NORRIE V CAZAUX 6-3 0-6 7-6(5) THIRD SET 29. NORRIE HITS VOLLEY, WINS MATCH 30. NORRIE CELEBRATES 31. NORRIE’S BOX CELEBRATES 32. NORRIE CELEBRATES 33. PLAYERS MEET AT THE NET DAVIDOVICH FOKINA V ARNALDI 6-4 6-4 SECOND SET 34. ARNALDI HITS BACKHAND LONG, DAVIDOVICH FOKINA WINS MATCH 35. DAVIDOVICH FOKINA REACTS 36. PLAYERS SHAKE HANDS AT THE NET STORY: Shanghai Masters defending champion Jannik Sinner put in a strong show to beat Daniel Altmaier 6-3 6-3 on Saturday (October 4) and get his title defence off to a flying start. Sinner, looking to become the first player to win back-to-back titles at the ATP Masters 1000 event since Novak Djokovic in 2013, overpowered his German opponent in just one hour and 38 minutes. The win also helped Sinner earn a measure of revenge, having lost to Altmaier when they last crossed paths at the French Open in 2023. Russian Daniil Medvedev had little trouble in his opening match as he steamrolled qualifier Dalibor Svrcina 6-1 6-1. Medvedev, who won the Shanghai Masters in 2019, next faces Alejandro Davidovich Fokina after the Spaniard defeated Matteo Arnaldi 6-4 6-4. Another player to progress was Britain's Cameron Norrie who defeated Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 6-3 0-6 7-6(5). (Production: Aadi Nair)

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