Singles draw has been made for the 2023 Rolex Paris Masters on Friday.
Seven weeks after triumphing within the US Open closing, Novak Djokovic returns to motion in Bercy.
The ultimate ATP Masters 1000 event of the season is going down in Paris from October 30 to November 5. Eight seeds (1-8) get BYE within the first spherical.
File six-time champion Novak is not any.1 seed and can open his quest for a seventh title within the second spherical towards both Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG, ATP no.32) or Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB, ATP no.55).
Novak’s potential rivals within the later levels of the competitors are:
third spherical: Ben Shelton (USA, 15), Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)Quarter-finals: Holger Rune (DEN, 6), Taylor Fritz (USA, 9), Stan Wawrinka (SUI)Semi-finals: Jannik Sinner (ITA, 4), Andrey Rublev (RUS, 5), Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Finals: Carlos Alcaraz (ESP, 2), Daniil Medvedev (RUS, 3), Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE, 7), Alexander Zverev (GER, 10)
It will likely be Novak’s seventeenth look on the Paris Masters. The 36-year-old Serbian star received the occasion in 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2021.
Final yr he completed runner-up to Holger Rune (6-3, 3-6, 5-7).
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