Carlos Alcaraz21 years old and world No. 2, will debut at the Masters 1,000 indoor hard court in Paris (France), which will be held next week, against the Chilean Nicholas Jarry or a player from the previous one.
The French Ugo Humbert (eighth), the Norwegian Casper Ruudthe American Tommy Paul (quarters), the Russian Daniel Medvedev and the bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (semifinals) could be their opponent later if everyone passes the rounds.
Serbian absent Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinnerthe no. 1 in the ranking, had a worse draw than the Murcian last time Masters 1,000 of the season: the Italian will make his debut against the winner of a surprising 1st round match between North Americans, the American Ben Shelton and the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimeand other formidable rivals appear on the horizon.
The Parisian champion of 2022, the Dane Holger Rune (eighth), the American Taylor Fritz (quarters) and German Alexander Zverev (semifinals) will travel to the Sinner side of the draw and will be their theoretical opponents if they meet predictions.
Sinner, 23, has already ensured that he will end the year as world No. 1, but he will try to continue his winning streak and record his eighth title of 2024, two of them from Grand Slam (Australia, US Open) and three Masters 1,000 (Miami, Cincinnati, Shanghai).
Alcaraz has four titles this season, two ‘big ones’ (Roland Garros, Wimbledon) and a Masters 1,000 (Indian Wells). Last week, he lost against Sinner the highest paid match in the history of tennis (5.5 million euros), the final of Six Kings Slamexhibition debated on Saudi Arabia.
For his part, the Asturian Pablo Carreno He is the other tennis player who entered this Friday’s draw for the Paris-Bercy tournament and was paired in the 1st round against the Russian. Karen Khachanov.
Source: La Verdad
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