The ATP
Draw for the 2023
Chengdu Open has been announced, with the tournament set to take place from September 20-26 and to include the likes of
Alexander Zverev,
Grigor Dimitrov, and
Lorenzo Musetti.
The ATP 250 event will be held at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in the city of Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province. This will be the fifth edition of the tournament and the first since 2019 after strict COVID-19 restrictions made it difficult to compete in China during the pandemic.
Heading up the draw is World No. 10 Zverev, who like the other top four seeds will receive a bye through to the second round. There, he will face either Daniel Elahi Galan or a qualifier.
Potential for Dimitrov-Kecmanovic clash
Third seed Dimitrov is also on Zverev's side of the draw and is likely to face World No. 47 and seventh seed Miomir Kecmanovic as long as the Serbian defeats his qualifier opponent in the Round of 32.
Meanwhile, second seed Musetti, who recently revealed that he and his girlfriend Veronica Confalonieri are expecting their first child together, will prepare to face either Portugal's Nuno Borges or a qualifier.
Fourth seed Dan Evans will also receive a bye to the Round of 16, where he will await the winner of the clash between Brandon Nakashima and Roman Safiullin.
Bublik attempts to stop losing streak
Outside the top 4, fifth seed Alexander Bublik will face Marcos Giron in the Round of 32. The Kazakhstani player will be hoping to put an end to his four-match losing streak on the ATP Tour and can take some motivation from the fact that he won two singles matches for his team in the World Group I Davis Cup tie against Bulgaria.
Sixth seed Max Purcell will face compatriot Jordan Thompson in the first round, while eighth seed Aleksandar Vukic will play Japan's Taro Daniel.
Elsewhere, Dusan Lajovic - who just helped Serbia qualify for the Davis Cup quarter-finals - will be playing against wild card Zizou Bergs.
1. Alexander Zverev (1) |
2. BYE |
3. Daniel Elahi Galan |
4. Qualifier |
5. Tao Mu |
6. Corentin Moutet |
7. Qualifier |
8. Miomir Kecmanovic (7) |
9. Grigor Dimitrov (3) |
10. BYE |
11. Jie Chu |
12. Juan Pablo Varillas |
13. Christopher O'Connell |
14. Qualifier |
15. Taro Daniel |
16. Aleksandar Vukic (8) |
17. Max Purcell (6) |
18. Jordan Thompson |
19. Zizou Bergs |
20. Dusan Lajovic |
21. Roman Safiullin |
22. Brandon Nakashima |
23. BYE |
24. Daniel Evans (4) |
25. Alexander Bublik (5) |
26. Marcos Giron |
27. Arthur Rinderknech |
28. Emil Ruusuvuori |
29. Qualifier |
30. Nuno Borges |
31. BYE |
32. Lorenzo Musetti (2) |