China's aces face best of the rest
The Shanghai Rolex Masters represents a rare opportunity for China's homegrown talents to gauge their game against the world's best.
As the eighth of nine Association of Tennis Professionals 1000 tournaments, the Oct 6-14 event at Shanghai's Qizhong Tennis Center boasts a deep field in its 64-seed singles main draw, including Swiss great Roger Federer, 14-time major winner Novak Djokovic of Serbia and world No 4 Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, competing for a prize pool of $7.6 million along with the winner's 1,000 ranking points.
Tournament organizers announced on Wednesday that three out of four wild cards will go to local aces Wu Yibing, Zhang Ze and Li Zhe, with the last one offered to former world No 3 Stan Wawrinka, who has struggled to recover from a 2017 knee surgery.
