Posted by Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Friday, October 25, 2024
The final event of the 2024 Masters 1000 will take place in Paris next week, and the draw has been made with the World No.1 Jannik Sinner and World No.2 Carlos Alcaraz fixing the table.
Novak Djokovicthe seven-time winner and defending champion, chose not to play this year.
Offender will face either Ben Shelton or Felix Auger-Aliassime after going well in the first round; Alcaraz will face Nicolas Jarry or a qualified/special exempt.
A sinner can face the following 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 following, if the seed holds:
R2: Jarry
R16: [15] Humbert
QF: [7] Ruud
SF: [4] Medvedev
Neither Sinner (best performance: Round of 16) nor Alcaraz (best performance: 2022 quarterfinal) have been to the semifinals or beyond in Paris.
The race to Turin will be concluded after the tournament, with many players still hoping to qualify for the big run in Paris. Among them, Alex de Minaur, currently tied for eighth as a semi-finalist in Vienna, and Grigor Dimitrov, who will need a big push to overtake 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 in the opening round, and is in Sinner's top draw.
Casper Ruud, currently seventh in the Race to Turin, will face Jordan Thompson or a special qualifier/elimination. Tommy Paul, currently 11th in the Race to Turin, faces Adrian Mannarino in the first round. Paul is in Carlos Alcaraz's last place.
Cut for the main draw in 44 – Matteo Berrettini from Italy, who faces Alexei Popyrin in the first round.
See the full list here:
Here is the draw for the final Masters 1000 event of 2024 — PARIS pic.twitter.com/7bAzQeZq5n
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