NOVAK HUNTING FOR A NEW TITLE: His first rival in Shanghai will be Marin Čilić!

Novak Đoković found out the name of his first rival at the tournament in Shanghai, and it will be his friend Marin Čilić.

Novak Đoković got his first opponent at the Shanghai tournament. It will be Marin Čilić (Croatia), who defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia) – 6:3, 7:6 (7:5). This will be their 22nd clash, and the best tennis player of all time has won 19 times.

The withdrawal of Carlos Alcaraz from the Shanghai competition due to injury caused major changes in the draw. Thus, Corentin Moutet (France), who was supposed to play against Čilić, was moved to the other part of the draw, so the Croat played against Basilashvili instead of the French player.

As for their head-to-head matches, Čilić has only won twice, in 2016 at the Paris Masters (6:4, 7:6) and in Queen’s in 2018 in the final (5:7, 7:6, 7:3).

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