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Stan Wawrinka and Jannik Sinner will play doubles collectively for the primary time.
Dodig/Krajicek prime seeds, Koolhof/Skupski defending champs
Jannik Sinner and Stan Wawrinka will face Novak Djokovic and Miomir Kecmanovic in a blockbuster doubles match within the first spherical of the Rolex Paris Masters.
Neither crew has competed collectively prior to now, however there can be loads of star energy on the sector. Djokovic, Sinner and Wawrinka have all reached the High 4 of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings. The profitable duo will face third seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden, who’ve certified for the Nitto ATP Finals, within the second spherical.
Djokovic is collaborating for the primary time since Davis Cup motion, the week after profitable the US Open in September. This yr he’s 0-3 in doubles. Earlier this season, Wawrinka gained a doubles title in Gstaad with compatriot Dominic Stricker.
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Different notable first-round doubles matchups embody Jiri Lehecka/Ben Shelton vs. Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz, and Marcelo Melo/Alexander Zverev vs. Nathaniel Lammons/Jackson Withrow.
It is a essential week within the hunt for one of many 4 remaining slots on the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. Lammons and Withrow are eighth within the Pepperstone ATP Reside Doubles Groups Rankings, however are at the moment not anticipated to qualify for the season finale as seventeenth-seeded Rinky Hijikata and Jason Kubler gained this yr’s Australian Open as Grand Slam champions earn a spot between eighth and twentieth place.
Lammons and Withrow are 445 factors behind seventh-placed Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni. Different groups at the moment eligible for qualifying are Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in fourth place, and Santiago Gonzalez and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who triumphed in Basel on Sunday, in fifth place.
The highest seeds in Paris are Ivan Dodig/Austin Krajicek and the second seeds are Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski, the defending champions.
There are nonetheless two weeks to go within the common season. The week after the Rolex Paris Masters there are ATP 250 occasions in Marseille and Sofia.