Balearics and Murcians, on either side of the table, could meet in a hypothetical final

With the exception of Alexander Zverev, all Top 100 players will be present at the tournament

Russian Daniil Medvedev, world number 4, and Serbian Novak Djokovic, number 7, will be the main obstacles for Carlos Alcaraz, the first racket on the circuit, and Rafa Nadal, second in the ATP rankings, can compete in a Spanish final of the Paris-Bercy Masters 1000.

According to the draw organized this Friday in Paris, alcaraz could face Medvedev in the semi-finals. For his debut in the tournament, which begins on Monday October 31 and ends on November 6, the winner awaits between the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka and the Russian Aslan Karatsev.

Later, the Murcian could have a duel of heights from the second round against the Italian Matteo Berrettini, world number 14. alcaraz too was able to compete in the semi-final against world number 9, the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime.

Nadal, in the other part of the table, a priori less difficult, could also face Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals, who won the Paris-Bercy tournament six times, the last in 2021.. In the quarter-finals, the Majorcan could face the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (nº5).

In his debut, he will face the winner between the Spaniard Roberto Bautista and the American Tommy Paul.

Djokovic, meanwhile, will wait in his first round for the winner between the Argentinian Diego Schwartzman and the American Maxime Cressy. On the way to the Serb, we could meet the Norwegian Casper Ruud (number 3) in the quarters.

For the director of Paris-Bercy, Cédric Pioline, this edition welcomes “the best” of the circuit, Well, there was almost no resistance among the top players. Among the top 10, only the German Alexander Zverev (6).