Carlos Alcaraz21 years old and world No. 2, will debut in 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 (eighths), the Norwegian Casper Ruudthe American Tommy Paul (quarters), the Russian Daniil Medvedev and the bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (semifinals) could be their rivals later if everyone passes rounds.
Serbian absent Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinnerthe No. 1 in the ranking, had a worse draw than the Murcian in the last Masters 1.000 of the season: the Italian will debut against the winner of a shocking 1st round match between North Americans, the American Ben Shelton and the Canadian Happy Auger-Alsoand other fearsome rivals appear on the horizon.
The Parisian champion of 2022, the Dane Holger Rune (eighths), the American Taylor Fritz (quarters) and German Alexander Zverev (semifinals) travel through Sinner’s side of the draw and would be their theoretical opponents if they meet the predictions.
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Sinner, 23, has already ensured that he will finish the year as world No. 1, but he will try to continue his winning streak and score his eighth title of 2024, two of them from Grand Slam (Australia, US Open) and three Masters 1,000 (Miami, Cincinnati, Shanghai).
Carlos Alcaraz, during the Six Kings Slam final against Jannik Sinner
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 the Six Kings Slamexhibition disputed in Saudi Arabia.
For his part, the Asturian Pablo Carreno He is the other tennis player who entered this Friday in the draw for the Paris-Bercy tournament and was paired in the 1st round against the Russian Karen Khachanov.
