Carlos Alcaraz to start US Open championship defense against Germans Dominik Koepfer.

The world number one and champion of this ‘grand slam’ in 2022, the Spaniard will face Koepfer in his first match at the US Open. Occupies position 78 of ATP. In the second round he would face the winner of the match between Argentinean Guido Pella (210) and South African Lloyd Harris (178).

As the first seed of the tournament, Alcaraz will only face Serbian rival in a hypothetical final Novak Djokovicsecond favorite and returning to the US Open after missing last year’s tournament for refusing to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Murcian beat Djokovic in Wimbledon final but lost to Serbia in the championship match last week. Cincinnati Masters 1000.

Alcaraz could face Brits in third round daniel evans (28) and another tennis player from England could cross paths in the round of 16, Cameron Norrie (16).

In the quarterfinals, Alcaraz managed to meet again one of the toughest opponents on the circuit, the Italian Jannik Sinner (6), whom he defeated in a memorable five-hour match at the US Open last year, and the match came to an end. almost three in the morning.

In the semi-finals, the player from El Palmar may face the Russian Daniil Medvedev (3).

Djokovic will start for himself against France’s Alexandre Müller (85) and the US Open draw will feature Denmark’s Holger Rune (4), who will for example go against Spain’s Roberto Carballes (64) in this tournament. ).

They also appear as possible opponents of Djokovic ahead of the Norwegian final.or Casper Ruud (5), Americans taylor fritz (9) and Frances Tiafoe (10) and Spanish Alejandro Davidovich (21) will play against the Americans in the first round Marcos Giron (63).

He is also Spanish Albert Ramos (90) will make his debut against young American Alex Michelsen (133) and its citizen Bernabé Zapata (75) will debut against another North American promise like Ethan Quinn (474).

In the second round, Zapata could face Djokovic.

The US Open, the final ‘grand slam’ of the year, kicks off in New York on Monday, August 28.