ATP Paris Tournament

The following players have been seeded  for the penultimate Tournament in 2021 - the EOY Final Tournament in Turin is the last major tournament with only the Top 8 players qualifying for it.

The players seeded in the Paris Tournmanet is as follows:-

1     Novak Djoovic

2     Danill  Medvedev

3     Stefanos Tsitsipas

4     Alexander Sverev

5     Andrey Rublev

6     Casper Ruud

7     Hubert Hurkacz

8     Jannik Sinner

9     Felix Auger-Aliassime

10   Cameron Norrie

11   Diego Schwartzman

12   Pablo Carrero-Busta

13   Aslan Karatsev

14   Roberto Bautista-Agut

15   Gael Monfils

16   Grigor  Dimitrov

By the way Djokovic played in no tournaments since the US Open - where he was given a tennis lesson by Medevedev and his absence from playing tennis always caused a disaster when he returned.  It happened  when he  played in Monte Carlo after his absence from tennis since the Aussie Open when eh was beaten by Evans and a week later in Belgrade where he was beaten by Karatzev.   .   

The ROUND 2  match  ups are  as follows;-

Upper half of the Draw

1      Novak Djoko0vic                vs           Marcos Fucsovics

15     Gael Monfils                       vs           Adrian Mannarino                 

10    Cameron Norrie                  vs           Reilly Opelka 

5      Andrey Rublev                   vs            Taylor Fritz

3      Stefanos  Tsitsipas              vs            Alexei Popyrin

James Duckworth                       vs           Lorenzo Mussetti

 9     Felix Auger-Aliassime       vs           Dominik Koepfer   

7      Hubert Hurkacz                 vs            Tommy Paul

 Bottom Half of the Draw

6     Casper Ruud                       vs            Alexander Bublik

11    Diego Schwartzman          vs            Marcos Giron

 16   Grigor Dimitrov                vs             Karen Khachanov                 

4     Alxander Sverev                vs              Dusan Lajovic

8     Jonathan Sinner                 vs              Carlos Alcaras

12    Pablo Carrero-Busta         vs             Hugo Gascon

Sebastian Korda                       vs              Marin Cilic                  

2      Danill  Medvedev            vs              Ilya Ivashka

The draws will be updated as the results Round 1 come  in.

The results thus far contain one surprising result and that is Andy Murray losing against Dominik Koepfer -  a lucky loser qualifier.    It was also a tight match  between  Djokovic and Fucsovics.  The latter player is not really a top  performer being in the latest rankings at 40.    In the third  round Novak will be up against the  no 15 ranked Gael Monfils - a much better player than Fucsovics.    If he manage to beat Monfils his next match will be up against  even stronger players.       

The ROUND 3 match ups

Upper half of the Draw

1      Novak Djokovic                   vs          15   Gael Monfils          

10    Cameron Norrie                  vs            Taylor Fritz

Alexei Popyrin                            vs           James Duckworth

7      Hubert Hurkacz                 vs            Dominik Koepfer  

 Bottom Half of the Draw

6     Casper Ruud                       vs            Marcos Giron

3     Alxander Sverev                vs            16   Grigor Dimitrov  

Carlos Alcaras                          vs              Hugo Gascon

2      Danill  Medvedev            vs              Sebastian Korda

QUARTERFINALS  MATCH UPS

Upper half of the Draw

1      Novak Djokovic                 vs            Taylor Fritz  

7      Hubert Hurkacz                 vs             James Duckworth

 Bottom Half of the Draw

3     Alxander Sverev                 vs             6     Casper Ruud  

2     Danill  Medvedev               vs             Hugo Gascon

SEMIFINALS  MATCH UPS

1      Novak Djokovic                 vs           7       Hubert Hurkacz

 2     Danill  Medvedev               vs           4      Alexander Sverev 

Final match-up

1      Novak Djokovic          vs             2    Danill  Medvedev

My money is on Medvedev in this match.     In the last three matches between Djokovic and Medvedev the latter won two matches.     He plays a much faster and more precise game than Djokovic and  he does not depend entirely on the mistakes of  opposing player to win matches.    

Congrats to Djokovic for winning this one.  Next up is the EOYT Championship in Turin where the top 8 seeded players in the world will play.    The play in two pools and I am not sure which players will be in which pool.    Will report back when I have  the pools.

My Guess is Pool A would comprise of  Djokovic, Sverev, Rublev and  Hurkacz - Pool B  could potentially be  Medvedev,  Tsitsipas,  Berrettini and Ruud  - that is if Tsitsipas can play - he was struggling with an injury in Paris.     In the case Tsitsipas is not playing - the next player in Group B would be Sinner.