This Thursday starts the Beijing ATP 500. It does so through a lavish poster headed by two players who have been called to rule the circuit for the next decade, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinneralthough with a significant decrease.
If at the beginning of the week the absence of Alexander Zverev, suffering from pneumonia, was known, In the past few hours, two new casualties have been made public which changes the final image.
These are Grigor Dimitrov and Jan-Lennard Struffwhich leaves Jannik Sinner’s path to the final more clear, as they are both halfway through their draw.
The German, who will be replaced by Russian Safiullin, will be his opponent in the second roundwhile the Bulgarian (replaced by Frenchman Rinderknech) is set to meet the number 1 in the quarterfinals.
The loss of Alexander Zverev leaves Alcaraz as the second seedguaranteed himself to only face Sinner in the final, saving a ‘semi’ with the Italian himself or Zverev.
The hype provided for Alcaraz to debut against Frenchman Giovanni Mpetschi Perricard in the opening round. One of the promises of French tennis, with a strong physical presence, 21 years old and world number 51. They have lost four of their last five games.
In the round of 16 he will face the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor or the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic. For the quarterfinals, the Russian Karen Khachanov or the Argentine Fran Cerúndolo. In the semifinals he will meet Daniil Medvedev, if he overcomes the first obstacle of Gael Monfils.
Source: La Verdad
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