From Djokovic to Fognini: a very tough ATP Cup
For its second edition, the ATP Cup was forced to downsize: instead of the 24 original selections scattered across three Australian cities, there are only 12 that compete in Melbourne, coronavirus requires. But that will not prevent the tournament from featuring most of the top players on the circuit: 13 members of the 15 best players in the world will be at the rendezvous. Only Roger Federer, who skipped the start of the Australian season because of his knee, and David Goffin (because Belgium is not part of the 12 teams) will not perform in the Top 15.
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WTA Melbourne
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Moreover, the Top 4 – Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev – will be at work from the start of this ATP Cup, Tuesday February 2. On the French side, Gaël Monfils and Benoît Paire in singles as well as Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in doubles will be in the game. They will start the competition the next day against the Italy of Fabio Fognini and Matteo Berrettini.
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Kyrgios, Wawrinka and the Blues in numbers at the Murray River Open (Melbourne 2, ATP 250)
From this Monday, two other ATP 250 tournaments will be organized in Melbourne. And most of the French will meet again during this Murray River Open (Melbourne 2). In all, there will be 8 on the starting line in the 1st round: Ugo Humbert, Adrian Mannarino, Richard Gasquet, Gilles Simon, Jérémy Chardy, Corentin Moutet, Quentin Halys and Alexandre Müller who made the trip as a “lucky loser” alternative for the Australian Open.
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The density of the table of 56 players will be quite interesting, since two Top 20 players, Stan Wawrinka and Grigor Dimitrov, will be the main seeds. Félix Auger-Aliassime, Borna Coric, Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz and Marin Cilic are also involved. Without forgetting one of the attractions of this start of the season, the Australian Nick Kyrgios back in competition, almost a year after his last tournament in Acapulco in February 2020.
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Goffin, Khachanov ou encore Sinner au Great Ocean Road Open (Melbourne 1, ATP 250)
It is perhaps the least dense competition on paper of this pre-Australian Open week. But like the previous one, this Great Ocean Road Open (ex-Adelaide, Melbourne 1) will have two Top 20 members among its participants: David Goffin and Karen Khachanov. To accompany them, the Italian revelation of Roland-Garros Jannik Sinner will be one to watch, as will the Pole Hubert Hurkacz or the whimsical and talented Alexander Bublik.
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On the French side, Pierre-Hugues Herbert will feel very lonely, even if the Franco-American Maxime Cressy, 170th player in the world, is also in the table. Finally, it should be noted that the very young Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (17), qualified for his first Australian Open, is on the list of registrants. But his trainer Juan Carlos Ferrero questioned his participation recently, considering that participating in this tournament was potentially too risky after a total quarantine (Alcaraz was one of the 72 unfortunate people who could not leave their hotel even to train these last two weeks).
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