Shanghai Masters 2026 tennis order of play and TV coverage – Wednesday 7 October ...Middle East

Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev lead a stacked field at the Shanghai Masters 2026.

Six weeks out from the ATP Finals, the season's penultimate Masters tournament has drawn the top players in the men's game – apart from injured World No.1 Jannik Sinner – to China.

Alcaraz, Zverev and the rest of the top seeds, including defending champion Valentin Vacherot, have a bye through to the second round of the hard-court competition.

British breakout star Arthur Fery takes on Croatian veteran Marin Cilic as part of Wednesday's schedule, which also sees Matteo Berrettini and Holger Rune in first-round action.

UK viewers can tune in to extensive coverage as the top players battle for ranking points and the largest share of a $9,415,725 prize fund.

Radio Times has the full order of play for the Shanghai Masters 2026, with the full tournament schedule, updated with the latest matches each and every day.

All UK time. Singles matches only.

Scheduled 5am

Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA)

Estimated 7am

[WC] Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) vs Tomas Machac (CZE)

Not Before 11am

[WC] Yibing Wu (CHN) vs [LL] Michael Zheng (USA)

Estimated 1pm

Arthur Fery (GBR) vs Marin Cilic (CRO)

Grandstand 2

Scheduled 7am

Arthur Gea (FRA) vs Jaime Faria (POR)

Estimated 9am

Yannick Hanfmann (GER) vs Kamil Majchrzak (POL)

Estimated 11am

[Q] Mattia Bellucci (ITA) vs [WC] Yi Zhou (CHN)

Estimated 1pm

[PR] Holger Rune (DEN) vs Daniel Altmaier (GER)

Scheduled 5am

[WC] Sho Shimabukuro (JPN) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)

Estimated 7am

Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs [Q] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO)

Estimated 9am

Marco Trungelliti (ARG) vs [Q] Rei Sakamoto (JPN)

Estimated 11am

Quentin Halys (FRA) vs [Q] Coleman Wong (HKG)

Court 4

Scheduled 7am

Alex Molcan (SVK) vs [Q] Federico Cina (ITA)

Estimated 9am

Rinky Hijikata (AUS) vs [Q] Roman Safiullin

Shanghai Masters 2026 schedule

ATP 1000 

How to watch Shanghai Masters 2026 on TV and live stream in the UK

You can watch the Shanghai Masters 2026 live on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports Main Event.

Sky Sports can be added to any Sky TV package for just £24 per month for all nine sports channels, or you can pick up the complete sports package plus Netflix for £35 per month.

Sky Sports customers can live stream the tournament via the Sky Go app on a variety of devices, including most smartphones and tablets, as part of their subscription.

You can also watch the action via NOW with a day membership (£14.99) or month membership (£34.99).

NOW can be streamed through a computer or apps found on most smart TVs, phones and consoles. NOW is also available via TNT Sports.

Check out more of our Sport coverage or visit our TV Guide and Streaming Guide to find out what's on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast.

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