Masters de Paris - The French are not spoiled in the draw

The six French players entered directly into the main draw of the Paris Masters 1000 have a tough first round.

Richard Gasquet, present at the ceremony, will start his final tournament at Paris-Bercy against Flavio Cobolli.

While he plays a semi-final in Basel tomorrow against Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils begins his week against veteran Marin Cilic.

Arthur Rinderknech, who received a last-minute invitation following the withdrawal of Gaël Monfils, will have to spring a surprise against Tomas Machac, a quarter-finalist this week in Vienna.

Finally, there are three promising Franco-American duels: Humbert - Nakashima, Mannarino - Paul and Mpetshi Perricard - Tiafoe.