The 2023 edition of the China Open is set to begin in less
than a week and players are getting ready to battle for the all-important ATP
500 title.
The tournament has been taking place after a gap of three
years. Between 2020 to 2022, the China Open was not organised because of COVID-19.
In the tournament’s previous edition, it was Austria’s
Dominic Thiem who managed to win the title after beating Greece’s Stefanos
Tsitsipas in the final with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
This year, Spain’s young tennis sensation Carlos Alcaraz and
the world number three Russia’s Daniil Medvedev are the two top-seeded players
in the competition.
Alcaraz became the talk of the town after winning Wimbledon
earlier this year with a win over Serbia’s legendary tennis star Novak Djokovic
in a five-set thrilling finale with a score of 1–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1, 3–6, 6–4.
On the other hand, Medvedev is coming fresh after suffering a
defeat in the final of the recently concluded US Open to Djokovic in straight
sets with a score of 6-3, 7-6, 6-3.
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