This Wednesday Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner starred in one of the most memorable rivalries of the year.. It was in the final of the Beijing tournament, the first stop on the Asian tour that marked the beginning of the final stage of the season.
Without time to digest it, Both are now in Shanghai to compete in the penultimate Masters 1000 of this exciting 2024, a first-class event where they arrived in good shape, but also a bit tired.
That’s why the organization detailed them and gave them an extra day off. Although they were originally scheduled to debut this Friday, with the top side of the draw playing in the second round, they finally won’t play until Saturday.
“I didn’t sleep much. This is not what I want. But it’s okay, here we go“said the world number 2 upon arrival at the Shanghai airport.
In this way, If they win they will play two consecutive daysas their third round matches are scheduled for Sunday.
We remember that Carlos Alcaraz will start the tournament against local player Juncheng Shang, while Jannik Sinner will do it against the Japanese Taro Daniel.
Luck wants the Spaniard and the Italian to end up at the top of the draw, so They will meet in a hypothetical semifinals.
The theoretical semi-final 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.
In the second round, Ugo Humbert or Gael Monfils could cross Alcaraz’s pathto find a quarterfinal where Tommy Paul or Casper Ruud might be waiting for him.
For its part, Sinner will be its most prominent rival until the semifinals Ben Shelton (eighth) and Daniil Medvedev (fourth).
Due to the drop in the draw, Djokovic will appear again against the winner of A. Michelsen-Y. Mrswith Tiafoe (eighth) and Dimitrov or Rublev (fourth) as the most important opponents before a hypothetical semifinal against Zverev.
Source: La Verdad
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