11. 10. 2009. · The draw has been made for Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 presented by Rolex. The new top tier tournament on the ATP World Tour starts on Sunday October 11th, and will be played for $5,250,000 prize money.
Fifty six players will take part. Eight seeds (1-8) get BYE in the first round. Novak is no.2 seed and he will begin his quest for his fifth Masters title in the second round against either Latvian wild card Ernests Gulbis or Italian qualifier Fabio Fognini.
Djokovic’s possible opponents in the later stages of the tournament are:
3rd round: Tommy Haas (GER,15)
Quarterfinals: Gilles Simon (FRA,8), Marin Cilic (CRO,12), Tomas Berdych (CZE), Marat Safin (RUS,WC)
Semifinals: Andy Roddick (USA,4), Nikolay Davydenko (RUS,6), Fernando Gonzalez (CHI,10), Radek Stepanek (CZE,13)
Rafael Nadal (ESP,1), Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG,3), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA,5), Fernando Verdasco (ESP,7)… are in the other half of the draw.
