The action of the second round continues on the 4th day of ATP Shanghai Masters, with more than better players entering the melee for the first time this week, including the former champion Daniil Medvedev, who will face the young Dalibor Svrcina. As always, we, at Lwot, will provide predictions for each match on the slate, indicating which players should go to the next round.
ATP Shanghai Day 4 predictions
Jiri Lehecka vs Quentin Halys
Tête-à-tête: First meeting
Despite its Dulne performance throughout the season, Quentin Halys won an easy victory in the first round of the Masters in Shanghai against Mackenzie McDonald. The French player maintained his service to win in straight sets in just over an hour.
Unlike Jiri Lehecka has had an excellent season, especially on short hard. He reached his second appearance in the quarterfinals during a Grand Slam during the US Open last month, helped the Czech Republic to defeat the United States in the Davis Cup with victories against Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz, in addition to his title of Brisbane earlier in the season.
Although French can be a dangerous opponent, the rapid conditions will promote the service of Lehecka and the solid strokes. He should win this comfortably.
Prediction: Lehecka in 2
Daniil Medvedev vs Dalibor Svrcina
Head – to the head: MEDVEDEV 1 – 0 SVRCINA
The former champion Daniil Medvedev is back at the Shanghai Masters 2025, where he begins his trip against the qualifier Dalibor Svrcina. After a difficult first semester of the year, Daniil Medvedev seemed to resume a form at the China Open recently held in 2025, where he left the semi-final before retiring against the learner Tien.
After having participated in only 13 draw games at the tour of the tour throughout his start of his career, Dalibor SVRCINA transformed his victory record in 2025 into a positive zone after having shone the qualification rounds.
The young Czech should come out hard, while the Russian will aim to pass through his own service games while trying to neutralize the points and to extend the rallies during the return games to wear SVRCINA. In the end, the Russian will prevail if it is entirely in shape.
Prediction: Medvedev in 2
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Andrey Rublev against Yoshihito Nishioka
Head – to the head: Roublev 3 – 2 Nishioka
Yoshihito Nishioka finally overcome a sequence of losses of nine difficult games after progressing in the second round in Shanghai. The Japanese player did not lose a set during the qualification, allowing him to take advantage of the victory once again, and he continued this momentum by surprising an Alexander Shevchenko in shape with a quick 6-1 6-2 in the main draw.
The challenge intensifies considerably afterwards, however, while he faces the 13th seeded Andrey Rublev, a familiar opponent with whom he exchanged victories on hard courts.
The Russian has abandoned his last two games after being eliminated in the round of 16 in the US Open, and will seek to break the sequence without victory and maneuver in the running for Turin. However, he is also able to lose anyone in this form, and against a capable Nishioka, the possibility is even higher.
Prediction: Nishioka in
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