On April 6, the draw for the main draw of the ATP1000 Monte Carlo Masters was released. As the first clay Masters tournament of the year, Djokovic, Sinner, Alcaraz and Medvedev led the world's top 10 coefficients, and Chinese player Zhang Zhizhen was successfully shortlisted, becoming the first men's tennis player to participate in the main event.
Zhang's first-round opponent will be world No. 51 Giron of the United States, who won the match once in ITF 2017. If he can advance, Zhang will face the winner of No. 14 seed Ember and one qualifier in the second round, and is likely to face No. 3 seed Alcaraz in the third round.
Top seed Novak Djokovic had a bye in the first round and faced the winner of Safiullin and one qualifier in the second round, 13th seed Fritz in the third round, 6th seed Rublev in the quarterfinals and 3rd seed Alcaraz in the semifinals.
Sinner, who has been in excellent form this season, is in the bottom half of the bracket against the winner of Koda and Davidovic in the second round, with 16th seed Bublik in the first seed, 7th seed Rune or 9th seed Dimitrov in the quarter-finals and Medvedev or Zverev in the semi-finals.
Top 8 seeds at the Monte Carlo Masters:
[1] Djokovic VS [6] Rublev
[3] Alcaraz VS [8] Ruud
[5] Zverev VS [4] Medvedev
[7] Rune VS [2] Sinner