Ben Shelton and Stefanos Tsitsipas will kick off their Shanghai campaigns when seeded players start taking the court on Friday. Shelton gets underway against Denis Shapovalov, while Tsitsipas faces Kei Nishikori.(Q) Denis Shapovalov vs. (14) Ben SheltonShelton and Shapovalov will be going head-to-head for the third time in their careers and for the third time since the start of this summer when they meet again in round two of the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Friday. It’s safe to say that both of their first two encounters were memorable. Shelton prevailed in five sets at Wimbledon and then Shapovalov was defaulted for yelling at fan during a second-set tiebreaker in Washington, D.C. (Shelton was up triple-match point at the time).
The edge should go to Shelton once again, as he is in superior form right now and also loves playing in Asia. The 16th-ranked American captured the Tokyo title last fall and also upset Jannik Sinner at this same Shanghai tournament. Shapovalov…
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