By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Tuesday September 26, 2023
The ATP’s Asian swing will kick into excessive gear this week when the China Open in Beijing kicks off.
Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev will bounce in because the No.1 and No.2 seeds, with Holger Rune at No.3, Stefanos Tsitsipas at No.5 and Andrey Rublev at No.5.
Eight of the Prime 10 gamers within the ATP Rankings will compete on the China Open (which is being held for the primary time since 2019) together with Alcaraz, who might be making his debut in China.
See the complete draw right here:
Stacked attract Beijing is ready! Prime 4 seeds are Alcaraz, Medvedev, Rune and Tsitsipas! pic.twitter.com/bvVDP14PdW
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No.2-ranked Alcaraz will open his accounts with a qualifier in spherical one; subsequent the Spaniard is slated to face both Zhuhai champion Karen Khachanov or Lorenzo Musetti. Medvedev faces Tommy Paul in spherical one, and would face both Andy Murray or Alex de Minaur within the second spherical of the stacked draw.
The projected quarterfinals, if the seeds maintain, appear to be this:
[1] Alcaraz v Ruud [7]
[3] Rune v Sinner [6]
[8] Zverev v Tsitsipas [4]
[5] Rublev v Medvedev [2]
Different notable first-rounders on this extraordinarily loaded 500-level draw embody:
Holger Rune v Felix Auger-Aliassime
Stefanos Tsitsipas v Nicolas Jarry
Andrey Rublev v Cameron Norrie
Foremost draw play will start on Thursday in China (Wednesday night time stateside).
