2023 Cincinnati Masters Draw: Djokovic Returns, Alcaraz Looks to Bounce Back

The 2023 Western and Southern Open, aka the Cincinnati Masters draw, was made Friday and sees Novak Djokovic return to motion for the primary time since his defeat within the Wimbledon remaining to Carlos Alcaraz.

The Spaniard is the highest seed and will probably be trying to bounce again after his quarter-final loss to Tommy Paul in Toronto.

Djokovic received the title the final time he performed Cincinnati, albeit when it was relocated to New York in 2020, and he will probably be trying to begin his US Open sequence marketing campaign with a stable event as he can probably return to world primary ought to Alcaraz not make the ultimate.

You’ll be able to see the total draw under.

Event Data

Cincinnati Masters 2023 Seeds

Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic
Daniil Medvedev
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Casper Ruud
Holger Rune
Andrey Rublev
Jannik Sinner
Taylor Fritz
Frances Tiafoe
Karen Khachanov
Félix Auger-Aliassime
Cameron Norrie
Tommy Paul
Borna Ćorić
Alexander Zverev

2023 Cincinnati Masters Draw

High Half

Backside Half

Full PDF draw.

Ideas on the Draw

Cincinnati has traditionally been certainly one of my favorite tournaments, and the 2023 draw has a number of intriguing early matchups.

Djokovic will probably be trying to hit the bottom operating. Nonetheless, he has a probably tough opener within the backside half of the draw towards Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or Tomas Martin Etcheverry. 

Fokina performed nicely in Toronto, however it is dependent upon what temper he’s in ought to he face Djokovic. He’ll both play unbelievably nicely and push Novak exhausting or implode and hit an underarm serve on break level down. Both method, it ought to be fascinating in the event that they meet.

Djokovic is seeded to satisfy eleventh seed Cam Norrie in spherical three, however he’s not in kind earlier than a possible quarter-final with Jannik Sinner.

Nevertheless, with the Italian contesting the Rogers Cup remaining, it’s not unlikely that he’ll endure a letdown in Cincy, with only a few gamers in a position to again up deep runs in back-to-back Masters 1000 tournaments.

Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune are potential semi-final opponents for Djokovic. Medvedev is a former champion in 2019 who will probably be trying to preserve his self-proclaimed moniker of exhausting courtroom specialist after his dominance earlier this 12 months.

Within the high half, Carlos Alcaraz is the primary seed and can face both John Isner or a qualifier in spherical two. It’s been some time since Large John had any notable victories, however he made the ultimate in 2013, and Alcaraz has by no means confronted his serve in a aggressive tour match.

Additionally within the high half sit Tsitsipas, Ruud, Rublev and the defending champion Borna Coric. The Croat begins his title defence towards Seb Korda, which may very well be tough.

Different American illustration within the high half of the draw contains Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe, Ben Shelton, and Christopher Eubanks, who face one another in Spherical 1.

Notable First-Spherical Matches

Who’s your choose for the title in Cincinnati? Let me know within the feedback.