You can watch the Shanghai Masters 2025 live on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Tennis, and Sky Sports+. The tournament starts on Wednesday 1st October and runs until Sunday 12th October 2025. Play begins around 5:30am UK time in the early rounds, 8:30am in the quarter-finals, and 9:30am in the semi-finals and final.

Novak Djokovic has raised concerns after delivering a worrying update following multiple incidents in Shanghai. This week, Djokovic, 38, is looking to win the ATP1000 event in Shanghai, China.

It’s been a breakthrough week for the Monegasque ace, who will now break into the world’s top 100 for the first time. Vacherot has also banked £250k ($332k) - eclipsing his total prize money for 2025 so far - and could take home even more if he pulls off a massive upset.

Jannik Sinner showed up in Shanghai feeling optimistic and ready to defend the title he claimed in 2024. As the current Shanghai Masters champion, he’s already making a splash this week, kicking off his campaign with a solid 6-3,

Monaco's Valentin Vacherot has been exceptional in the ongoing Shanghai Masters 2025. On a super run, Vacherot defeated Holger Rune to reach the semi-final of the tournament, etching his name in the history books.

The temperatures in Shanghai were a challenge not only for him, but also for his colleagues, and the massage he received during the match did not have a particularly positive effect on his condition.

While the World No 1 rests after winning the Japan Open title, he can do so safely away from the “brutal” conditions at the Shanghai Masters, where extreme heat and humidity has blown the draw wide open.