Djokovic, Defending Champ Federer Lead All-Star Shanghai Masters Field
SHANGHAI MASTERS
Shanghai, China; Surface: hard
Seeds: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Tomas Berdych, Kei Nishikori, David Ferrer, Rafael Nadal, Milos Raonic, Gilles Simon, Richard Gasquet, Kevin Anderson, John Isner, Marin Cilic, Feliciano Lopez, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Floaters: Gilles Muller, Jack Sock, Ivo Karlovic, Nick Kyrgios, Tommy Haas, Tommy Robredo
Notes: The Top 16 on the ATP Rankings make up the Top 16 seeds…The Top 8 seeds receive opening-round byes…
Early challenges include (11) Gasquet vs. Muller, (5) Berdych vs. Sock, (8) Nadal vs. Karlovic, (6) Nishikori vs. Kyrgios, (12) Anderson vs. Haas, and (16) Tsonga vs. Robredo…
Wildcards went to Haas and China’s Bai Yan, Wu Di and Zhang Ze…
Pulling from the event were Grigor Dimitrov, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Florian Mayer, Juan Monaco, and Gael Monfils…
The Bryan brothers are the top seeds in doubles…
Last year Federer beat Djokovic in the semis and Simon in the final…
Former champs in the field are Federer (2014), Djokovic (2013-12), and Murray (2011-10).
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