He Beijing tournament faces its final stretch and does so with two clear favorites to reach the final. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are favored to star in a new showdown on Wednesday (10am) of the next decade’s classic.
Nor will it happen in the Shanghai Masters 1000, whose draw was held this Monday morning. With luck, the Spaniard and the Italian are at the top of the table, so they will meet in a hypothetical semi-final.
The theoretical semifinal of the lower part of the draw will measure Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovicwho returned to the circuit after his early exit from the US Open.
Alcaraz will debut in the second round against the winner of the match between Chinese Juncheng Shang and Hong Kong player Coleman Yongwhile Chilean Nicolás Jarry emerges as the most likely rival for third.
In the round of 16, Ugo Humbert, Marin Cilic or Gael Monfils could cross paths, in search of the a quarterfinal where Tommy Paul or Casper Ruud could await him.
For his part, Sinner will debut against the Japanese Taro Daniel or a player from the previous stageand will have its best-known rivals until the semifinals, Ben Shelton (eighth) and Daniil Medvedev (fourth).
Due to the loss of the table, Djokovic will appear again against the winner of A. Michelsen-Y. Bu, with Tiafoe (eighths) and Dimitrov or Rublev (fourths) as a more important opponent before the hypothetical semifinal against Zverev.
As for the rest of the tennis players in Spain, Pablo Carreño will face Dutchman Botic van de ZandschulpAlejandro Davidovich against a former player, Pedro Martínez against the Czech Jakub Mensik, Jaume Munar against the Frenchman Hugo Gastón, while Roberto Bautista and Roberto Carballés face each other.
Source: La Verdad
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