The distribution of forces is rather balanced, but the density is such in this last Masters 1000 of the year (November 1-7) that the best will have to be vigilant from the start. Exempted from the 1st round (the first 8 seeds are), Djokovic could thus cross the iron of entry with Fabio Fognini, before theoretically finding Gaël Monfils in eighth, then Andrey Rublev in quarter. Titled during his last appearance at Bercy in 2019, the Serbian will have 1,000 points to defend (like Daniil Medvedev crowned in 2020) and could make sure to retain the first place in the world at the end of the year this week. Note that he will also play the double, which is rare enough to be noted.
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For Medvedev, the task will not be easy either. After a debut against Ilya Ivashka or Albert Ramos Vinolas, the Russian could find his compatriot Aslan Karatsev, very dangerous indoors as his recent title in Moscow proves. Then Jannik Sinner could stand in his way in quarterback. But before that, the Italian will probably have to get rid of Carlos Alcaraz in the second round in a shock of ambitious youngsters who are eagerly awaited (they could also end up in the Vienna final this week).
The eighth if the hierarchy is respected:
- Djokovic – Monfils
- Norrie – Rublev
- Tsitsipas – Bautista Agut
- Auger-Aliassime – Hurkacz
- Ruud – Schwartzman
- Dimitrov – Zverev
- Sinner – Carreno Busta
- Karatsev – Medvedev
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