Thanks in particular to the presence of the French nugget Arthur Son and its director Jean-François Caujolle, the men?s singles draw of the Open 13 Provence 2023 was born.
As the top seed and second seed of the tournament, the Polish Hubert Hurkacz and the Italian Jannik Sinner, In fact, they were placed on the first and last row of the draw. The first chip fired by the Montpellier semi-finalist, who never ceases to amaze, was to determine in which half of the draw the third and fourth seeds will be placed, i.e. Alex de Minaur and Grigor Dimitrov.
The Bulgarian was placed in the upper half of the draw, where he could meet Hurkacz in the semifinals a few days after eliminating him in the round of 16 in Rotterdam with a score of 7/6 7/6.
In the bottom half of the draw, the Australian could face recent South of France Open winner Jannik Sinner in a bid to upset the odds and get the better of four defeats in as many matches.
There are also some great matches to look forward to in the first round. The first one to follow will oppose a Frenchman in form, Grégoire Barrereand the Swiss Marc-Andrea Huesler He is the author of a great victory over Alexander Zverev in the Davis Cup. Also of note are the following matches: Alexander Bublik vs. Filip Krajinovic or even Arthur Son vs. Roman Safiullin.
A Franco-French confrontation will be worth the diversions: Benjamin Bonzi (finalist in Pune) and Luca Van Assche (winner of his first Challenger at the end of 2022) will go head to head to reach the second round.
Three-time Grand Slam winner, Stan Wawrinka He will be eagerly awaited at the Palais des Sports in Marseille and will have to be followed closely, as he has had very convincing results since the end of last year. He will face the Belgian Zizou Bergs in the first round.
