Carlos Alcaraz will debut the next Wednesday in the Canadian Openwhich is part of the ATP Tour Masters 1000, in front of the winner of match between the Spanish Bernabé Zapata Miralles and the American Ben Shelton.
Zapata Miralles26 years old, occupies the post number 63 of ATP while Shelton20 years, He is 43 of the world ranking.
The draw for the tournament, carried out this Friday in Toronto, also determined that the third Spaniard in the competition, Alexander Davidovich Fokina (39), faces in the first round against the American JJ Wolf (Four five).
Alcarazworld 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 rest of the seeds are Casper Ruud, Stefanos TsitispasHolger Rune, Andrey Rublev, Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz.
Novak Djokovic will not play in Canada
From the top 10 ATP players only number 2 of the world, Novak Djokovic36 years, will not be present in the Canadian tournament. The Serbian announced on July 23 after his defeat in the Wimbledon final against Alcaraz, who had decided not to travel to Toronto due to fatigue.
At the Canadian Open will also participate Argentine players Francisco Cerundolo21st in the ATP ranking, and Tomas Martin Etcheverry (34) as well as the Chilean Nicolas Jarry (28).
Faces of Cerundolo in the first round against the Canadian Alexis Galarneau (192), Etcheverry to WE Sébastien Korda (26) and Jarry in French Ugo Humbert (36).
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