Toronto (Canada), August 4 (EFE).- Carlos Alcaraz will make his debut next Wednesday at the Canadian Open, which is part of the ATP Masters 1000 circuit, against the winner of the match between the Spaniard Bernabé Zapata Miralles and the American Ben Shelton.

Zapata Miralles, 26, is ranked 63rd in the ATP while Shelton, 20, is ranked 43rd in the world.

The draw for the tournament, carried out this Friday in Toronto, also determined that the third Spaniard in the competition, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (39 years old), will face the American JJ Wolf (45 years old) in the first round.

Alcaraz, world number one and first seed, and Russian Daniil Medvedev, second seed, are exempt from playing the first round of the tournament which takes place this year in Toronto from August 5 to 13.

The other seeds are Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitispas, Holger Rune, Andrey Rublev, Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz.

Among the 10 best ATP players, only world number 2, Novak Djokovic, 36, will not be present at the Canadian tournament. The Serbian announced on July 23, after his defeat in the Wimbledon final against Alcaraz, that he had decided not to travel to Toronto due to fatigue.

Argentinian players Francisco Cerundolo, 21st in the ATP rankings, and Tomás Martín Etcheverry (34th) as well as Chilean Nicolás Jarry (28th) will also participate in the Canadian Open.

Cerundolo faces the Canadian Alexis Galarneau (192) in the first round, Etcheverry faces the American Sebastian Korda (26) and Jarry faces the Frenchman Ugo Humbert (36). EFE

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