Posted by Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday, October 25, 2024
The ultimate occasion of the 2024 Masters 1000 will happen in Paris subsequent week, and the draw has been made with the World No.1 Jannik Sinner and World No.2 Carlos Alcaraz fixing the desk.
Novak Djokovicthe seven-time winner and defending champion, selected to not play this yr.
Offender will face both Ben Shelton or Felix Auger-Aliassime after going effectively within the first spherical; Alcaraz will face Nicolas Jarry or a professional/particular exempt.
A sinner can face the next path to the finals if the seed holds:
R2: Shelton/ Auger-Aliassime
R16: [13] The Rune
QF: [5] Fritz
SF: [3] Zverev
Alcaraz will face the next, if the seed holds:
R2: Jarry
R16: [15] Humbert
QF: [7] Ruud
SF: [4] Medvedev
Neither Sinner (finest efficiency: Spherical of 16) nor Alcaraz (finest efficiency: 2022 quarterfinal) have been to the semifinals or past in Paris.
The race to Turin will likely be concluded after the event, with many gamers nonetheless hoping to qualify for the massive run in Paris. Amongst them, Alex de Minaur, at the moment tied for eighth as a semi-finalist in Vienna, and Grigor Dimitrov, who will want an enormous push to overhaul De Minaur and Andrey Rublev.
Eighth-seeded Dimitrov will face Thomas Martin Etcheverry or Zhang Zhizhen after the bye. Ninth-ranked De Minaur will face Argentina’s Mariano Navone within the opening spherical, and is in Sinner’s prime draw.
Casper Ruud, at the moment seventh within the Race to Turin, will face Jordan Thompson or a particular qualifier/elimination. Tommy Paul, at the moment eleventh within the Race to Turin, faces Adrian Mannarino within the first spherical. Paul is in Carlos Alcaraz’s final place.
Minimize for the principle attract 44 – Matteo Berrettini from Italy, who faces Alexei Popyrin within the first spherical.
See the total drawing right here:
Right here is the draw for the ultimate Masters 1000 occasion of 2024 — PARIS pic.twitter.com/7bAzQeZq5n
– TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) October 25, 2024
