Alcaraz avoided Djokovic for his share of the draw at a high-profile Astana tournament

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This Saturday the painting of Astana ATP 500 which will take place next week on the hard court. It is in a tournament that will have the highest level draw with the presence of Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas or Andrey RublevBesides others.

Alcaraz, the new world number 1, knows his way around the Kazakh tournament. The Murcian has achieved the wish of avoid a Djokovic for his side of the table which starts as the third seed after Medvedev and that, therefore, he may appear for part of the draw of either of the two main favourites. Luck determined that he would go to the Russian player.

Of course, A high cadre was waiting for Alcaraz in the tournament. The Murcian will have a strong rival from the start, with the first round against a Holger Rune on the rise that also wants to be one of the great references of the circuit in the coming years. Should this first hurdle be overcome, the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero will face the winner of the Adrian Mannarino-Stan Wawrinka.

Not even the quarter round seemed to offer a possible respite. Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev emerged as major favorites to reach that round. Meanwhile, they aim for the semifinals at the top of the table Stefanos Tsitsipas, Hubert Hurkacz or Marin Cilicin a box of the highest level.

This is also shown in the lower part of the table, where Medvedev and Djokovic They are favorites to face each other in the semifinals. The Serbian He will debut against Cristian Garín and will meet Botic van de Zandschulp in the round of 16 and Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals. On the other hand, the path of Medvedev towards the ‘semis’ will start at Alberto Ramos. Emil Ruusuvuori can wait for him in the round of 16 and Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinals.

Of course, the Canadian will have a rival of the highest entity in the first round in the figure of Robert Baptist. Along with Alcaraz, from Castellón and Ramos, he will also play in the tournament Alexander Davidovichwho will play the rival from the previous round for the first round and go through the same quadrant as Bautista and Aliassime.

Source: La Verdad

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