Francis Tiafoe – Benoit Paire 09/10: ATP Shanghai – R1 Start: Not Before 09:15-09:30

NOT BEFORE: 09:15 Paire has been wildly up and down throughout his tenure on tour and nothing has changed during this fall swing as he heads into the Shanghai Masters on Monday. After his first tournament resulted in success (runner-up in Metz), the Frenchman’s next appearance ended abruptly (first-round retirement in Tokyo against Yuichi Sugita) as he retired. -Paire is 30-26 this season and has lost in opening rounds on 15 occasions. This could be another tough one, because Tiafoe already has two matches under his belt this week having qualified for the main draw. The 19-year-old American, who pushed Roger Federer to five sets at the U.S. Open, ousted Zhizhen Zhang and Leonardo Mayer to earn his place in the field of 56. Tiafoe’s game-plan will be no secret: hammer huge forehands in the direction of Paire’s susceptible forehand and take time away from the world No. 37. When we add the fragile ”head” of Paire we should have big advantage for the young American who possess very good serve and who shouldn’t have problems keeping his own games.