.The Olympics are actually still happening (Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz are actually contesting in the men's single people gold-medal match on Sunday), yet the ping pong tour is wasting no time at all progressing to the upcoming event. Promptly on the heels of the Olympics and the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. is the National Bank Open. It's a 1000-point competition-- for the guys in Montreal as well as for the girls in Toronto.Needless to claim, there will be loads of fatigued body systems in Montreal. That will not be the case for globe No. 1 Jannik Sinner, considering that he was displaced of the Olympics through tonsillitis. Instead of making all sort of surface switches (clay to grass to clay-based as well as currently to tough courts), Criminal has actually been actually relaxing up for the hard-court summer. As a matter of fact, the Italian-- who has actually not participated in due to the fact that Wimbledon-- has actually actually remained in Montreal for an entire week.Sinner is actually the No. 1 seed this coming full week and also is actually a specifically crystal clear title beloved because both Djokovic as well as Alcaraz have actually predictably taken out from the competition. Certainly, it's certainly not just like Sinner will certainly do without competition. Various other front runners include Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud, and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Following a bye, Sinner could meet Frances Tiafoe in the third round, Rublev or Tommy Paul in the fourths, and Medvedev or Tsitsipas in the SFs. Tsitsipas will likely encounter Alex Michelsen in the last 32 as well as Arthur Fils in the last 16, while Medvedev likely opens up with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Tiafoe vs. Alejandro Tabilo is actually a first-round match.The base one-half of the bracket is home to a handful of appealing first-round face-offs: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli, Ben Shelton vs. Alexander Bublik, Jack Draper vs. Jordan Thompson, as well as Holger Rune vs. Milos Raonic.If the seeds uphold develop, quarterfinal competitions will be Hubert Hurkacz vs. Grigor Dimitrov, Criminal vs. Rublev, Medvedev vs. Tsitsipas, as well as Zverev vs. Ruud.Ricky provides to 10sballs. com as well as additionally maintains his personal ping pong web site, The Grandstand. You can follow him on Twitter at @Dimonator.