Daniil Medvedev To Face Stan Wawrinka In Rotterdam Opener, Carlos Alcaraz Headlines Event - UBITENNIS

Daniil Medvedev To Face Stan Wawrinka In Rotterdam Opener, Carlos Alcaraz Headlines Event

Daniil Medvedev will begin his Rotterdam campaign against Stan Wawrinka in a clash between two former champions.

By Tony Fairbairn
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Daniil Medvedev will face Stan Wawrinka in a blockbuster opening round in Rotterdam as Carlos Alcaraz is the top seed.

Former champion Medvedev has had a turbulent last six months but the second seed will be hoping he can improve his fortunes in the Netherlands.

A first round meeting with former Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka is on the cards as the Swiss has also won this event in the past.

Also in the bottom quarter of the draw is Stefanos Tsitsipas with the Greek taking a wildcard for the event and he will open up his campaign against a qualifier before facing one of Tallon Griekspoor or Matteo Berrettini.

Alex De Minaur could face Medvedev in the semi-finals and the Australian begins against David Goffin before facing either Alexander Bublik or Jakub Mensik.

In the top half of the draw, Carlos Alcaraz is the top seed and will begin his campaign against home favourite Botic Van De Zandschulp.

Meanwhile the in-form Felix Auger-Aliassime could await in the second round with the Canadian into the semi-finals in Montpellier.

There is also a potential quarter-final against Holger Rune for Alcaraz, who will begin against Lorenzo Sonego.

While Andrey Rublev and Hubert Hurkacz are in the other quarter of the draw and will begin against Zhizhen Zhang and Flavio Cobolli respectively.

The main draw begins on Monday.

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