The 1000-pointer Shanghai Masters brought almost every tennis star to the court. And you knew each and every round would be intense, especially with the ATP Finals just a month away. But no one expected the weather to become such a big factor. The severe, hot, and humid conditions have left the players grinding and suffering, with big casualties like Jannik Sinner already. And it looks like Novak Djokovic is barely hanging on himself, from what we can see.

The Serb was pushed to his physical limits in his 3rd round match by Yannick Hanfmann, while the weather did its best to break the 24-time Grand Slam champion and 4-time Shanghai champion. Jose Moron, the director of Punto De Break, a Spanish tennis website, shared a short clip from the match on X on October 6 where you can see Novak

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