Gael Monfils will attempt to lift his 11th ATP Tour title next week at the Adelaide International 1, but will have potential rivals such as Karen Khachanov, Marin Cilic and Frances Tiafoe. The ATP 250 tournament begins on January 3.
Monfils, seeded first at the Memorial Drive Tennis Center, will face Juan Manuel Cerúndolo or Alex Bolt in his first match of the 2022 ATP Tour season. The charismatic Frenchman could face sixth seed Tommy Paul, champion of the Stockholm Open in November, or to #NextGenATP Lorenzo Musetti figure. Monfils beat the Italian in a tough duel in Vienna in October.
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Second-seeded Khachanov, whose last title was the 2018 Rolex Paris Masters, will make his second-round debut against Steve Johnson or Aleksandar Vukic. In addition, he also has Cilic, fifth seed Marton Fucsovics and seventh seed Laslo Djere at the bottom of the table. Croatian Cilic won the Stuttgart and St. Petersburg titles last year and will face Thiago Monteiro or Daniel Altmaier in the second round in Adelaide.
In an outstanding first round match, John Millman will face his compatriot Thanasi Kokkinakis for the first time on the circuit. The winner will cross with fourth seed Tiafoe.
Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo, and Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen, lead the doubles roster in Adelaide.
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