ATP Doha - DRAW: Novak Djokovic lands in Carlos Alcaraz's half

Carlos Alcaraz and Alex de Minaur are the highest seeds on the ATP 500 occasion in Doha. World no. 1 Jannik Sinner ought to have led the sphere. Nevertheless, the Italian accepted WADA’s three-month ban and withdrew from the packed ATP 500 match.

Novak Djokovic returns to Doha for the primary time since 2019, looking for his third title at this occasion. The legend may even search his one centesimal ATP title, though his path towards the trophy is something however straightforward, with robust rivals proper from the beginning.

Grigor Dimitrov, Jack Draper, Andrey Rublov, Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas may even search a deep run and 500 ATP factors.

ATP Doha draw© X – TennisTV

Alcaraz will search his second title of the season after conquering Rotterdam final week. The Spaniard kicks off the motion towards the veteran, Marin Cilic, who seeks to revive his previous degree following knee points.

If he passes the Croat, world no. 3 will doubtless face Zhizhen Zhang, Grigor Dimitrov or Jiri Lehecka en path to the semi-final. The third seed Djokovic performs towards Matteo Berrettini in a blockbuster R1 conflict 4 years after their Wimbledon last.

Carlos Alcaraz, Rotterdam 2025© Stream screenshot

The 24-time Main winner will face Jan-Lennard Struff or Tallon Griekspoor within the second spherical earlier than battling towards Jack Dtaper or Alexei Popyrin. Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas lead the third quarter.

In an all-Russian battle, Medvedev will battle towards Karen Khachanov firstly of the occasion. Felix Auger-Aliassime and Hamad Medjedovic may even attempt to attain the final 4 on this part. Medvedev continues to be energetic in Marseille whereas Tsitsipas struggles to search out his A-game.

Alex de Minaur and Andrey Rublev lead the fourth quarter, with Roman Safiullin, Ugo Humbert and Alexander Bublik as their most harmful rivals. The gang in Doha will witness high-quality battles from the opening spherical.

If the favorites show their standing, we may even get thrilling battles from the quarter-final stage. Everybody needs to see one other duel between Alcaraz and Djokovic, and different gamers need to spoil their social gathering.