{"id":517841,"date":"2026-03-06T09:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517841\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:12:09","slug":"khachanov-joins-bastide-uts-nimes-field-quarter-final-draw-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517841\/","title":{"rendered":"Khachanov joins Bastide UTS N\u00eemes field ; quarter-final draw revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Organizers of the Bastide UTS N\u00eemes announced Wednesday that world No. 16 Karen Khachanov has secured the final spot in the tournament field, as the quarter-final draw for the 2026 season opener was finalized.<\/p>\n

The tournament is scheduled to take place on April 3\u20134 within the Ar\u00e8nes de N\u00eemes, a historic Roman amphitheater.<\/p>\n

The addition of Khachanov, a former Rolex Paris Masters champion and two-time Grand Slam semi-finalist, marks a significant milestone for the UTS circuit. For the first time in the organization\u2019s history, every participant in the eight-player field currently holds a top 15 world ranking or has achieved that status within the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

N\u00ceMES Quarter-Final Matchups<\/p>\n

The quarter-final round, set for Friday, April 3, will feature four distinct pairings vying for a share of a $1 million prize pool. The matchups are as follows:<\/p>\n

Felix Auger-Aliassime (1) vs. Grigor Dimitrov: Top-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime will face former world No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov.<\/p>\n

Alexander Bublik (2) vs. Ugo Humbert: Second-seeded Alexander Bublik, a recent addition to the world top 10, will meet France\u2019s Ugo Humbert, the sole domestic representative in the field.<\/p>\n

Casper Ruud vs. Karen Khachanov: Defending champion and clay-court specialist Casper Ruud is slated to face Khachanov in the Russian\u2019s UTS debut.<\/p>\n

Andrey Rublev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: A contest between two high-intensity baseliners rounds out the opening day\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n


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Tournament Format and Sales<\/p>\n

The UTS format guarantees that all eight players will compete on both days of the event, with Friday\u2019s quarter-finals leading into a \u201cFinal Four\u201d on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Tournament officials indicated that ticket demand for the second edition of the N\u00eemes event has been high. Saturday sessions are largely sold out, though a final release of reserved seating is scheduled for Thursday. Friday tickets are also reported to be selling rapidly via the circuit\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n

The N\u00eemes event serves as a key early-season fixture on the 2026 tennis calendar, providing a high-profile opening to the European red clay stretch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Organizers of the Bastide UTS N\u00eemes announced Wednesday that world No. 16 Karen Khachanov has secured the final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-517841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517841","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=517841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}