pThe eighth ATP Masters 1000 event of the season led to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a lifting the trophy at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/shanghai/5014/overview'Rolex Shanghai Masters/a. While the Italian grabbed the headlines, the battle to qualify for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a intensified./p
pRecord seven-time champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a boosted his hopes by reaching the final and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a consolidated his position in the Live Race after advancing to the last four. ATPTour.com looks at the movers of the week in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin as of Monday, 14 October./p
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pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a ndash; Sixth (3,910 points)/strongbr /
The Serbian climbed three spots to sixth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin after he reached the title match in Shanghai. The 37-year-old dropped just one set en route to his record-extending 59th ATP Masters 1000 final and first in 2024. However, Djokovic was unable to overcome Sinner, who captured his seventh crown of the year./p
pHaving arrived in Shanghai outside the qualification cut, Djokovic leaves China with a 17th appearance at the prestigious year-end event in sight./p
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pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a ndash; Fourth (4,820 ponts)/strongbr /
Medvedev moved to the brink of qualifying for the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a following a quarter-final run in Shanghai. The 28-year-old earned wins against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/thiago-seyboth-wild/sx91/overview'Thiago Seyboth Wild/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-arnaldi/a0fc/overview'Matteo Arnaldi/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a before Sinner stopped him in the last eight. Medvedev, who leads Tsitsipas 10-4 in the pair's Lexus ATP Head2Head series, lifted the trophy at the year-end event in 2020./p
pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a ndash; Fifth (4,290 points)/strongbr /
The 26-year-old consolidated his fifth-placed position in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin after becoming just the second American semi-finalist in Shanghai tournament history (a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-korda/k0ah/overview'Sebastian Korda/a 2023). Fritz, who is 49-20 on the season, is chasing a second appearance in Turin, having reached the last four on debut in 2022./p
pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a ndash; 10th (2,935 points)/strongbr /
Dimitrov kept alive his slim hopes of competing in Turin by outperforming seventh-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a (3,805 points) and eighth-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a (3,580 points) in Shanghai. Dimitrov battled to the fourth round but lost to #NextGenATP Czech a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jakub-mensik/m0ni/overview'Jakub Mensik/a, who also beat Rublev and went on to win a set against Djokovic./p
pDimitrov will chase precious points this week at the ATP 250 in Stockholm, where he competes with a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a. Ruud and ninth-placed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a (3,305 points) take to court at the ATP 250 in Antwerp. De Minaur has been sidelined since the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a due to injury./p
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pem style="color: #051224; background-color: #ffffff;"a href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview"Jannik Sinner/a,nbsp;a href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview"Alexander Zverev/anbsp;and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a have already qualified for thenbsp;a href="https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview"Nitto ATP Finals/a, scheduled to take place from 10-17 November./em/p
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