Draw for the ATP 250 Winston-Salem Tournament: Rinderknech-Medjedovic and Tsitsipas on the schedule, Muller, Mpetshi Perricard and Gaston also set
One week before the US Open, some ATP circuit players will fine-tune their hard-court game before heading to New York. Thus, in North Carolina, the ATP 250 tournament in Winston-Salem will take place.
And, even though many withdrawals have been confirmed by the tournament organizers, Stefanos Tsitsipas will be the number 1 seed. The Greek, struggling with confidence in recent months, will enter the competition in the second round against Bu Yunchaokete or Chun-Hsin Tseng.
Sebastian Baez, winner of the tournament two years ago and also a seed, will be exempt from the first round and will only play against Yoshihito Nishioka or Pablo Carreño Busta.
Arthur Rinderknech will face Hamad Medjedovic, and if successful, will meet French tennis's nemesis, Jacob Fearnley, who has never lost to a French player since the start of his career.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard will confront David Goffin or Pedro Martinez, while Alexandre Muller could face Borna Coric, should the latter overcome a qualifier in the first round.
Absent from the circuit since Roland-Garros, Sebastian Korda is making his return and will have to negotiate a first match against Sebastian Ofner or Vit Kopriva. The defending champion Lorenzo Sonego will play against wild card Stefan Dostanic or a qualifier.
Finally, the last French player in the tournament, Hugo Gaston, has drawn Marton Fucsovics and will face the number 2 seed, Tallon Griekspoor, if successful. While awaiting the end of the qualifiers (in which Valentin Royer will participate), find the complete draw of the Winston-Salem tournament below.
Bu, Yunchaokete
Tseng, Chun Hsin
Nishioka, Yoshihito
Carreno Busta, Pablo
Van de Zandschulp, Botic
Walton, Adam
Medjedovic, Hamad
Rinderknech, Arthur
Goffin, David
Majchrzak, Kamil
Jarry, Nicolas
Ofner, Sebastian
Kopriva, Vit
Kovacevic, Aleksandar
Comesana, Francisco
Bellucci, Mattia
Safiullin, Roman
Fucsovics, Marton
