After the semi-final lost in five sets to Carlos Alcaraz at Roland Garros, the new number 1 in world tennis is preparing to return to the court for his seasonal debut on grass ahead of Wimbledon. We are obviously talking about Jannik Sinnerwho chose to participate in theATP 500 in Halle to start gaining some confidence on this surface.
The blue comes into the German tournament as number 1 seeding, with a a non-trivial first round against the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor. In the event of victory, the South Tyrolean born in 2001 would face one of the Russian Roman Safiullin and the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan in the round of 16, insidious opponents but well within our standard bearer’s reach.
The bar could be raised significantly in the quarterfinals against the sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas (not totally at ease on grass) and above all the fearsome Teutonic landlord Jan-Lennard Struff, however, returning from a forfeit before the quarter in Stuttgart against Nakashima. Sinner, if he were to make his way to the semi-final, would presumably face one of the Russians Daniil Medvedev and Kazakh Alexander Bublik.
ATP Halle 2024 draw: Jannik Sinner, first as world number 1. Berrettini at the start with three other Italians
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On the other half of the scoreboard, with a view to a possible final, the most highly rated players on paper are the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (n.5 of the seeding), the Russian Andrey Rublev (n.4), the German Alexander Zverev (n.2, fresh Roland Garros finalist) and the Roman Matteo Berrettini.
