Overview

• Novak Djokovic defeated Zizou Bergs 6-3, 7-5 to make the Shanghai Masters semifinals for the tenth time.
• At 38 years and four months, Djokovic is the oldest player to reach a Masters 1000 semifinal and now has 80 at this level.
• Qualifier and alternate Valentin Vacherot upset Holger Rune 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 to earn his first Masters 1000 semifinal.
• Vacherot becomes Monaco’s first Masters 1000 semifinalist and secures a projected rise into the ATP Top 100.
• The other semifinal matchups are Daniil Medvedev vs. Alex de Minaur and Félix Auger-Aliassime vs. Arthur Rinderknech.