Jannik Sinner Handed Tricky Paris Draw, ATP Finals Contenders Know Their Fate - UBITENNIS

Jannik Sinner Handed Tricky Paris Draw, ATP Finals Contenders Know Their Fate

Jannik Sinner has been handed a difficult draw at the Masters 1000 event in Paris.

By Tony Fairbairn
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The final Masters 1000 event of the season is upon us in Paris-Bercy, which will be the last time it is at the venue before it relocates to another site in the French capital.

The top seed in Paris-Bercy is Jannik Sinner who will end the year as world number one after his triumph in Shanghai.

Sinner will begin his campaign against either the in-form Ben Shelton or Felix Auger-Aliassime with former champion Holger Rune awaiting in the third round.

Contenders for the ATP finals Alex De Minaur and Taylor Fritz could meet in the third round with the winner playing Sinner in the quarter-finals.

De Minaur will start his campaign against Mariano Navone while Fritz could play Vienna semi-finalist Jack Draper.

Another ATP Finals contender in the form of Andrey Rublev is in the second quarter of the draw and will play either a qualifier or Francisco Cerundolo in his first match before potentially facing Stefanos Tsitsipas in the third round.

Grigor Dimitrov is in the third quarter of the draw and will play Tomas Martin Etcheverry or Zhizhen Zhang in his first match.

The Bulgarian was a finalist at last year’s event before losing to Novak Djokovic in the final and will need to reproduce his form from last year in order to qualify for Turin.

Finally Casper Ruud has landed in Carlos Alcaraz’s quarter of the draw with the Norwegian taking on Jordan Thompson or a qualifier in the opening round.

As for Alcaraz, the Spaniard will face Nicolas Jarry or a qualifier before facing Ugo Humbert in the third round.

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