Novak Djokovic vs Taylor Fritz: schedule and how to watch Shanghai Masters 1000 semi-final
He Shanghai Masters 1000 will spend its penultimate match day this Saturday, when the Serbian Novak Djokovic (4th place) and American Taylor Fritz (7th) fight in the third turn of the central court for a place in the final.
Showing his inner fire by defeating Czech Jakub Mensik (65°), former world number 1, 6-7, 6-1 and 6-4, who dedicated a warm message to Spaniard Rafael Nadal (158°), added his 408th victory in the prestigious category, 38th place in Chinese cementto get into ninth time among the top four competition in which it was already announced in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018,
For his part, the 26-year-old Californian, winner of eight titles, registered another convincing performance eliminating Frenchman Terence Atmane (ranked 161st), Japanese Yosuke Watanuki (ranked 336th), Dane Holger Roon (ranked 14th) and Belgian David Goffin (ranked 66th) in straight sets to gain access to the tournament table. fifth time since the previous edition of the Masters 1000 definitionsecond this season after failure against Russian Andrey Rublev (6th place) in Madrid.
It should be noted that record among themselves largely belongs to the legendary Balkans, which dominated nine previous matchesresult of celebrations at Monte Carlo 2019, Madrid 2019, Australian Open 2021 and 2024, Rome 2021, Paris 2021, ATP Finals 2022, Cincinnati 2023 and US Open 2023, losing in just three sets.
The match between Djokovic and Fritz will begin this Saturday in the third round of Center Court no earlier than 07:30 (ARG/CHI), 05:30 (COL/PER) and 04:30 (MEX).
You can follow all the Shanghai Masters 1000 action on ESPN on Disney+ Premium.