Spaniard Rafa Nadal will make his Cincinnati Masters 1,000 debut against Croatian Borna Coric or a qualifier and share a part of the draw with compatriot Carlos Alcaraz, according to the draw held on Friday.
On the WTA circuit, Spaniards Paula Badosa and Garbiñe Muguruza share the top half of the draw and will have a highly demanding path, with possible encounters with Romanian Simona Halep and Kazakh Elena Rybakina in the second and first rounds. , respectively.
Nadal was seeded second in Cincinnati and Alcaraz third, with Russian Daniil Medvedev becoming the first player in the world to enter a tournament that did not feature Serbian Novak Djokovic, who was unable to enter the United States because of his refusal to be vaccinated. against the coronavirus.
With the victory in Cincinnati, Nadal has the first position in the world ranking within his reach, but to do so he needs Medvedev to miss the quarterfinals.
The one from Manacor, champion of this tournament in 2013, could face the Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime in a hypothetical quarterfinal.
Alcaraz, world number 4, arrives in Cincinnati in need of a rebound after a first-round elimination in Montreal against American Tommy Paul.
He will make his debut against American Mackenzie McDonald or Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili and on the horizon he has a possible quarter-final against Norwegian Casper Ruud.
Possibly, there could be a semi-final of the Spaniard against Rafa Nadal, something that already happened this year in Indian Wells.
At the top of the draw, Medvedev will make his debut against one between American Maxime Cressy and Dutchman Botic Van De Zandschulp, with a third round against Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov or Canadian Denis Shapovalov on the horizon.
He could seek revenge in a hypothetical quarterfinal against Australian Nick Kyrgios, who knocked him out on his debut in Montreal.
Kyrgios himself will debut against Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the fourth seed, is in the same quarter of the draw as Pole Hubert Hurkacz, a semi-finalist in Montreal.
In the women’s circuit, the table is not favorable for Paula Badosa and Garbiñe Muguruza.
Badosa, who withdrew in Montreal in the first round due to physical problems, will start against a player who left the qualifications, but she has a potentially high-demand match in the round of 16 with Romanian Simona Halep.
Meanwhile, Garbiñe could debut against Kazakh Elena Rybakina, Wimbledon champion.
For the Spanish of Venezuelan origin there is also the threat of the American Coco Gauff in the second round and the Polish Iga Swiatek, number 1 in the world, in a hypothetical quarterfinal.
Source: La Verdad
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