Alcaraz & Djokovic On Identical Part Of Roland Garros Draw

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have landed in the similar part of the Roland Garros draw.

The Spaniard, who has captured 3 trophies on clay this season, may meet 0.33 seed Djokovic within the semi-finals, with 2021 finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas drawn within the 20-year-old’s quarter.

Alcaraz is making his 0.33 look on the clay-court Grand Slam, having complicated to the quarter-finals in 2022. The highest seed will open in opposition to a qualifier and is seeded to play 14th seed Cameron Norrie within the fourth around. 5th seed Tsitsipas, who’s in the similar phase as Felix Auger-Aliassime, is a possible quarter-final opponent for Alcaraz.

Canadian Denis Shapovalov and Italian Lorenzo Musetti also are in a stacked most sensible quarter of the draw. Shapovalov is a possible third-round opponent for Alcaraz, whilst Musetti, who driven Djokovic to 5 units in Paris in 2021, is in the similar phase as Norrie.

Two-time champion Djokovic, who’s aiming to win a document twenty third Grand Slam name in Paris, will get started in opposition to American Aleksandar Kovacevic. The Serbian is in the similar phase as Hubert Hurkacz, with 7th seed Andrey Rublev a conceivable quarter-final opponent. Rublev captured the Monte-Carlo name ultimate month and faces Laslo Djere within the first around.

#NextGenATP American Ben Shelton is in the similar phase as Rublev. The 20-year-old Shelton, who reached the quarter-finals on the Australian Open, had by no means competed on crimson clay sooner than this 12 months. Shelton will face a difficult opening take a look at in opposition to Italian Lorenzo Sonego.

2nd seed Daniil Medvedev anchors the ground part of the draw. The 27-year-old rose to No. 2 within the Pepperstone ATP Scores after profitable his first clay-court name ultimate week in Rome. Medvedev’s victory in Italy ensured he could be seeded 2nd in Paris, making it conceivable for Alcaraz and Djokovic to be drawn in the similar part.

Medvedev will face a qualifier within the first around and may play Jannik Sinner or two-time semi-finalist Alexander Zverev within the quarter-finals. The eighth-seeded Italian Sinner opens in opposition to Frenchman Alexandre Muller, whilst Zverev performs South African Lloyd Harris. Sinner, lately 28-7 at the season, has reached 3 tour-level finals this 12 months, together with his 2nd ATP Masters 1000 name fit in Miami.

Final 12 months’s finalist Casper Ruud, who has received 9 of his 10 tour-level titles on clay, is seeded to satisfy Medvedev within the semi-finals. The Norwegian starts in opposition to a qualifier and is in the similar quarter as Holger Rune, who Ruud beat within the quarter-finals ultimate season. Rune, who defeated Ruud en path to the Rome last, may face 9th seed Taylor Fritz within the fourth around. Tommy Paul could also be in that phase. The American, lately eleventh within the Pepperstone ATP Are living Race To Turin, complicated to the semi-finals on the Australian Open in January.

A lot of fascinating first-round suits have been drawn, with Madrid finalist Jan-Lennard Struff assembly the 2022 Subsequent Gen ATP Finals runner-up Jiri Lehecka and Auger-Aliassime dealing with Italian Fabio Fognini. Former champion Stan Wawrinka begins in opposition to Albert Ramos-Vinolas, with their earlier assembly coming in Paris in 2016.