Even those playing during the evening session are not getting relief from the extreme conditions in Shanghai. Daniil Medvedev , right after his win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 7-6(5), sat on his chair and looked completely exhausted.

Medvedev is into the fourth round of the Shanghai Masters and is scheduled to lock horns with Learner Tien , who was the reason behind his end-of-campaign at the Australian Open. The upcoming match will be their third encounter on the tour. Before Shanghai, they met in the semifinal of the China Open, where the Russian ended up giving the walkover.

This is not the first time that heat has caused problems for Medvedev this year. At the Cincinnati Masters, where players had to toil in scorching heat, Medvedev, during his second-round match ag

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