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\n Alcaraz learns draw fate in Tokyo<\/p>\n
The ATP 500 event will be held from 24 to 30 September<\/p>\n
September 22, 2025<\/p>\n
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Carlos Alcaraz is making his debut in Tokyo.
\n By Sam Jacot<\/p>\n
Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> will face Sebastian Baez<\/a> on his debut at the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships<\/a>, following the draw on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Spaniard is competing at the ATP 500 hard-court event for the first time and is seeded to meet eighth seed Frances Tiafoe<\/a> in the quarter-finals and Norway\u2019s Casper Ruud<\/a> in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n Alcaraz, who will take a 2-0 Lexus ATP Head2Head series lead into his meeting with Baez, returned to No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings earlier this month when he defeated Jannik Sinner<\/a> in the US Open<\/a> final to clinch his sixth major.<\/p>\n Ruud, a titlist in Madrid this year, faces Japanese wild card Shintaro Mochizuki<\/a> in the first round, while Tiafoe plays a qualifier. The American Tiafoe reached the final in Tokyo in 2022. Also in the top half, seventh seed Denis Shapovalov<\/a>, a two-time Tokyo semi-finalist, opens against German Daniel Altmaier<\/a>.<\/p>\n Second seed Taylor Fritz<\/a> won the trophy in Japan in 2022. The American plays Canadian Gabriel Diallo<\/a> in the first round and could meet fifth seed Tomas Machac<\/a> in the quarter-finals. The Czech Machac begins against a qualifier.<\/p>\n Third seed Holger Rune<\/a>, a potential semi-final opponent for Fritz, meets former Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF<\/a> champion Hamad Medjedovic<\/a> in the first round. Rune could play Alex Michelsen<\/a> in the second round and sixth seed Ugo Humbert<\/a> in the quarter-finals. Last year\u2019s finalist Humbert begins against Jenson Brooksby<\/a>.<\/p>\n The ATP 500 event will be held from 24 to 30 September.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tokyo Alcaraz learns draw fate in Tokyo The ATP 500 event will be held from 24 to 30…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-161099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"It](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758532927_20_it-all-adds-up-banner.jpg\"\/)
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