“I’m very happy with the way I handled the situation," the Italian, who continues to respond to controversy off-court with icier-than-ever excellence on it, said.

They'll meet for just the eighth time, and first time since the Australian Open. Who will win?

The Italian's 64th match win of the year set up a final against four-time Shanghai champion Novak Djokovic or seventh-ranked Taylor Fritz.

The Serbian grinds on against the younger generations, in search of his 100th title in Shanghai.

He’s just the eighth American to reach five Masters 1000 semifinals since this level of tournament began in 1990.

The Spaniard and the Italian won't reprise their instant-classic Beijing final at this Chinese tournament.

He was issued a time violation, loss of first serve by Jimmy Pinoargote at 5-5 in a deciding tiebreaker with Roman Safiullin, before losing Tuesday.

After winning their duel here last year, the American has dropped three successive meetings to the now world No. 1.

In what proved to be a pivotal game, Cobolli was given an extra point in error by chair umpire Carlos Bernades and went on to defeat the 39-year-old in three sets at the Rolex Shanghai Masters.

The US Open finalist was joined by Holger Rune in the third round on Monday.

On a rainy Sunday at the ATP Masters 1000 event, three of the four top seeds to play were all tested, but came through.