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Best Result: Third Round (2023) \u00a0<\/p>\n
Sinner will aim to chase Alcaraz\u2019s world number one charge down as the Italian enters Paris having won the Vienna title.<\/p>\n
Sinner\u2019s Path to the Final (Ranking\/Seeding)<\/p>\n
R1: BYE | H2H: N\/A
\nR2: Alex Michelsen | H2H: Sinner leads 2-0
\nR3: Francisco Cerundolo [17] | H2H: Sinner leads 3-2
\nQF: Ben Shelton [5] | H2H: Sinner leads 6-1
\nSF: Alexander Zverev [3] | H2H: Tied at 4-4
\nF: Carlos Alcaraz [1] | H2H: Alcaraz leads 10-5<\/p>\n
A challenging start for Sinner as Zizou Bergs <\/a>or Alex Michelsen <\/a>are capable of producing some incredible tennis indoors. In the third round, Sinner is likely to face Francisco Cerundolo <\/a>instead of the injured Jakub Mensik <\/a>while Ben Shelton <\/a>or Andrey Rublev <\/a>could await in the quarter-finals. Given the Italian\u2019s recent form on indoor hard courts, then Sinner is favourite to win the title this week as he aims to continue the red-hot momentum heading into the Nitto ATP Finals and will look to dethrone Alcaraz at the top of the world rankings.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \t \u00a0<\/p>\n Best Result: Champion (2020, 2024)<\/p>\n Zverev is ending the year with some momentum after reaching the final in Vienna to book his spot at the Nitto ATP Finals and now the German looks to defend his title in the French capital.<\/p>\n Zverev\u2019s Path to the Final (Ranking\/Seeding)<\/p>\n R1: BYE | H2H: N\/A Although Camilo Ugo Carabelli <\/a>is the projected first opponent for Zverev, it wouldn\u2019t be surprising if Tomas Martin Etcheverry <\/a>was the third seed\u2019s first rival of the week. In the third round either Basel finalist Alejandro Davidovich Fokina <\/a>or Ugo Humbert <\/a>will await in what could be a very tough match for Zverev. A rejuvenated Daniil Medvedev<\/a>, former finalist Grigor Dimitrov <\/a>or Lorenzo Musetti <\/a>are the likely quarter-final opponents before the Sinner-Alcaraz doubleheader. The defending champion will be full of confidence and will believe he can test anyone in the draw but given how stacked his quarter is, it is hard to see Zverev repeating the feat from last year.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Best Result: Quarter-Final (2021) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Fritz will be looking to book his place in Turin this week after an inconsistent end to the season for the American.<\/p>\n Fritz\u2019s Path to the Final (Ranking\/Seeding)<\/p>\n R1: BYE| H2H: N\/A A tricky draw for Fritz starts with in-form Frenchman Terence Atmane <\/a>or Aleksandar Vukic<\/a>. In the third round, Alexander Bublik <\/a>most likely awaits while one of Karen Khachanov<\/a>, Alex De Minaur <\/a>or Basel champion Joao Fonseca <\/a>will be waiting in the quarter-finals. If Fritz produces the form of the last two weeks then it is hard to see him get past the last eight but if he can perform to his highest level then he will be waiting to challenge Alcaraz in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n ATP Paris-Bercy starts on the 27th of October and concludes on the second of November.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n How to Watch\/Follow ATP Paris-Bercy 2025<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Tony Fairbairn The race for the year-end world number one ranking heats up as Alexander Zverev prepares…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[6774,114329,49,48,619,615,82,15226,593],"class_list":["post-243238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-atp-paris","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-sports","tag-taylor-fritz","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243238","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=243238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Connected-Clubs-Graphic.png\"\/)
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\nR2: Camilo Ugo Carabelli | H2H: Zverev leads 1-0
\nR3: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [15] | H2H: Zverev leads 5-1
\nQF: Lorenzo Musetti [7] | H2H: Musetti leads 3-2
\nSF: Jannik Sinner [2] | H2H: Tied at 4-4
\nF: Carlos Alcaraz [1] | H2H: Tied at 6-6<\/p>\n
\nR2: Terence Atmane [WC] | H2H: Tied at 1-1
\nR3: Alexander Bublik [13] | H2H: Tied at 3-3
\nQF: Alex De Minaur [6] | H2H: Tied at 5-5
\nSF: Carlos Alcaraz [1] | H2H: Alcaraz leads 4-1
\nF: Jannik Sinner [2] | H2H: Sinner leads 4-1<\/p>\n