The tournament’s top seed is 2020 Olympic silver medalist and 15th racket in the world, Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov. He will miss the first round, and in the second he will meet Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) or the winner of the qualification.
The second seed went to the first racket of Briton Cameron Norrie. His potential opponents in the second round will be determined later.
German Jan-Lennard Struff (3) and American Sebastian Korda (4) were also seeded.
Interesting fights from the first round of the Zhuhai tournament:
– Aslan Karatsev (Russia) – Matteo Arnaldi (Italy);
– Andy Murray (Great Britain, 7 years old) – Ye Cong Mo (China, CM).
- Chesnokov: “Rybakina would not have won Wimbledon if she had stayed in Russia”
Source: Sport

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