Overview
- Alex de Minaur beat Nuno Borges 7-5, 6-2 to reach his seventh Masters 1000 quarter-final and become the third man to 50 tour-level wins in 2025.
- De Minaur leads the tour with 37 hard-court victories this season and is seventh in the PIF ATP Live Race to Turin, bolstering his ATP Finals bid.
- Felix Auger‑Aliassime defeated Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-2 to make the last eight and became the first Canadian to reach the Shanghai quarter-finals.
- Arthur Rinderknech downed Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 7-6(5) for his maiden Masters 1000 quarter-final and joined his cousin Valentin Vacherot in the last eight.
- The winner of Daniil Medvedev vs Learner Tien will face de Minaur, with previews noting Tien holds a 2-0 edge over Medvedev this season after the Russian retired in Beijing.