Italian Jannik Sinner, the top seed, emerged victorious over Serb Novak Djokovic, the No 4 seed, with a score of 7-6 (4), 6-3, claiming the Shanghai Masters trophy at the Qi Zhong Tennis Center on Sunday.
Sinner, holding the No 1 rank, triumphed over various opponents in the earlier rounds of the Shanghai tournament, including Japanese Taro Daniel (6-1, 6-4), Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry, the No 31 seed (6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2), American Ben Shelton, the No 14 seed (6-4, 7-6 (1)), Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed (6-1, 6-4), and No 30 seed Tomas Machac (6-4, 7-5).
On the other hand, Djokovic, ranked No 4, advanced through the tournament by defeating American Alex Michelsen (7-6 (3), 7-6 (9)), Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 28 seed (6-1, 6-2), Russian Roman Safiullin (6-3, 6-2), Jakub Mensik (6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4), and American Taylor Fritz, the No 7 seed (6-4, 7-6 (6)) in earlier matches.
