Jannik Sinner gives disappointment to Chinese audience

Jannik Sinner will not participate in the Shanghai Masters 1000 doubles tournament

Jannik Sinner will è withdraw from the doubles tournament of the Shanghai Masters 1000. The Italian was to play as a partner with the home favorite, Chinese tennis player Zhizhen Zhang, number 60 in the world rankings.

Announcing this è was the South Tyrolean tennis player himself, via a message posted on his own social channels: "I am very sorry that I will not be able to play doubles together with my friend Zizi Zhang, good luck for the rest of the singles tournament and I hope that we can play together in the near future".

The Italian tennis number one will return to the court on Tuesday when he will take on U.S. tennis player Ben Shelton, the nineteenth seed on the scoreboard, in the match valid for the round of 16 of the singles tournament.