This is Alcaraz and Nadal’s path to a dream final in Paris

Carlos Alcaraz He is in the middle of a fight for the ATP 500 in Basel, where this Saturday he will play the semifinals against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. Rafael Nadal He is in Paris, where he is preparing his comeback after suffering an abdominal injury at the US Open and becoming a father.

Next week, from October 30 to November 6, the Masters 1000 ATP in Paris will be played. Alcaraz, as world number one, and Nadal, as number two, will only meet in a final that both dream of, as it will be a great result a few days before closing the official individual season at the ATP Finals in Turin.

The draw, held this Friday, decided that Alcaraz will start in the second round against the winner of the clash between the Russians. Aslan Karatsev and the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka.

Rafa Nadal will return to the courts measuring himself with the best of the rivalry between Robert Baptist and the american tommy paul. Strong return for the Balearic, which may see them later Pablo Carreno (initially he had Albert Ramos), the Greek Stefanos Tsisipas, the current champion of the tournament, Novak Djokovic, in the semifinals.

Alcaraz will join Italian Matteo Berrettini in the round of 16, a quarterfinal against Russian Andrey Rublev and a ‘semis’ against the Russian. Daniel Medvedev.

Djokovic, who is defending the crown, will open with Argentine Diego Schwartzman or American Maxime Cressy. He has a tough road to a hypothetical encounter with Nadal. In the second round, the Italian Jannik Sinner and in the quarterfinals the Norwegian Casper Ruud.

The hypothetical quarterfinals

Masters 1000 ATP Paris draw

Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/1)-Andrey Rublev (Rus/7)
​Daniil Medvedev (Rus/4)-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can/8)
​Novak Djokovic (Srb/6)-Casper Ruud (Nor/3)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/5)-Rafa Nadal (Esp/2)