The ATP has issued updates to the 2022 ATP Tour calendar, including cancellation of events in China. However, it has included six additional single-year events for pandemic hit China.
The US Open finalist is also able to say that he has finally beaten the German Zverev, another young contender at 22, at the fifth attempt.
Medvedev (23) has established himself as the biggest star outside the Big Three -- Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer -- in 2019 as he now has a Tour-leading 58 wins and three Masters final appearances.
The world number seven went all guns blazing against the veteran from the second set to defeat him for the second time in his young career in as many occasions.
Murray is a four-time finalist and a three-time winner at the Shanghai Masters. He, along with Novak Djokovic, has been in the final more often than any other player.
The Argentine player will continue to rest, as his doctors have instructed on Sunday.
This was a fourth Shanghai crown for Djokovic and he is homing in on a return to number one, having fallen as low as 22nd in May as he struggled following elbow surgery in February.
The second semi-final tees up Novak Djokovic against young German star Alexander Zverev, just the second time they will have met.
"Obviously, I'm going to try to do everything I can to get to number one," said Djokovic.
Djokovic said that he is backing the rival ATP World Team Cup, set to take place weeks after the Davis Cup finals, at the start of the 2020 season.
