The Masters 1000 in Paris, the last important stop of the season before the ATP finals, starts this Monday with an Argentine presence. It is Buenos Aires Sebastian Baezwho is in 39th place in the world rankings, the one who breaks the ice in front of the Russian Karen Kachanov (18). Televisa ESPN.
In case of overcoming, the Argentine, this year champion of the Portuguese ATP of Estoril, will meet in the next round the Italian Jannik Sinner (12) or a tennis player who has dropped out of the ranking.
The competition is played at the Palais Omnisports de Bercy in the French capital, on fast and indoor surfaces, and awards a prize pool of 5,415,410 euros, being the close of the season before the ATP Finals that bring together the eight best tennis rackets 2022 in Turin, Italy, starting November 8.
Later this Monday the second member of the Argentine Legion will be presented, Diego “Piccolo” Schwartzman (21), against the American of French origin Massimo Cressy (34), a rival he beat the only time they met, last year at the Indian Wells Masters 1000.
The draw was not benevolent for the “Piccolo”, as if he passes the opening round he will have to face Novak Djokovic (7), champion in Paris in the 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2021 editions.
The third Argentine in the main draw is Francesco Cerundolo (29), who this year was champion at the Swedish ATP in Bastad and will debut on Tuesday against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (19), which he had never dealt with before.
In case of passing to the second round, Cerúndolo will meet a Spaniard: Pablo Carreño Busta (15) or Albert Ramos (40).
In the qualifiers to access the main draw, Argentinian Pedro Cachín (55) was eliminated on this day, who lost to Frenchman Quentin Halys (69) 7-6 (9-7) and 6-3 in an hour and a half of game.
The Cordovan born in Bell Ville 27 years ago ended the best year of his career, in which he started in 245th place and managed to climb 190 positions after winning four Challenger tournaments, in Madrid, Prague, Todi ( Italy). Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic).
As for the favorites in Paris, Alcaraz (1), Nadal (2), the Norwegian Casper Ruud (3), the Russian Daniil Medvedev (4), the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (5), the aforementioned Djokovic (7), the Russian Andrey Rublev (8) and Canadian Félix Auger Aliassime (9) will be exempt from the opening round.
The only Argentine tennis player who raised the trophy in Paris was David Nalbandian of Unquillo de Cordoba in the 2007 edition after winning the final against “Rafa” Nadal 6-4, 6-0.
Source: Clarin
