Djokovic withstands discomfort to beat Hanfmann at ATP Shanghai Masters


By Wei Hua
  • World
  • Monday, 06 Oct 2025

SHANGHAI, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Novak Djokovic overcame discomfort to pull off a comeback victory over German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday at the Shanghai Masters.

After the two hours and 45 minutes victory, his second longest best-of-three-set match in 2025, Djokovic sets up a fourth-round meeting with Spain's Jaume Munar.

"It's brutal when you have over 80 percent of humidity day after day, particularly for the guys when they're playing during the day with heat, with sun, it's even more brutal," Djokovic said after the match.

Djokovic's next opponent Munar, had earlier defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 to reach this stage of a hard-court ATP Masters 1000 event for the first time.

Fifth-seeded Taylor Fritz was stunned by Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4, 7-5. The latter set up a round of 16 clash against Holger Rune who eliminated Ugo Humbert.

World number two Jannik Sinner was playing the third set against Tallon Griekspoor in their round of 32 match.

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