Tokyo Draw: Fritz meets Fils, Turin hopefuls learn fates

pTop seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a will face #NextGenATP Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-fils/f0f1/overview'Arthur Fils/a in a blockbuster first-round round match at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/tokyo/329/overview'Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships/a, where several stars will aim for deep runs to boost their a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a hopes./p

pThe American is a former champion at the ATP 500 in Tokyo, lifting the trophy in 2022. The 26-year-old, who advanced to the final at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a earlier this month, arrives in Tokyo fifth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin./p

pIf Fritz overcomes Fils, he could play former Top 10 star a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a in the second round. The Italian, who has won three tour-level titles this year, will face a qualifier in his first match following Mondayrsquo;s draw./p

pstrongspan style="text-decoration: underline;"a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current/tokyo/329/draws" target="_blank"View Tokyo Draw/a/span/strong/p

pSecond seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a, third seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a, fourth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a and fifth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tommy-paul/pl56/overview'Tommy Paul/a are all in a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a contention and take to court in Tokyo./p

pHurkacz will aim to record his first match win in Tokyo on his third attempt when he meets a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcos-giron/gc88/overview'Marcos Giron/a in the first round and could play a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a semi-finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a in the second round. The British lefty, currently at a career-high No. 20 in the PIF ATP Rankings, starts against a qualifier./p

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pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a, who is sixth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, faces a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a, with sixth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/holger-rune/r0dg/overview'Holger Rune/a a potential quarter-final opponent. Ruud is in the same half as Fritz. In the bottom half of the draw, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a begins against a qualifier and is seeded to play Paul in the last eight. Paul takes on a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-arnaldi/a0fc/overview'Matteo Arnaldi/a in the first round./p

pHome favourite a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/kei-nishikori/n552/overview'Kei Nishikori/a is a two-time Tokyo champion. The Japanese wild card plays former World No. 3 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marin-cilic/c977/overview'Marin Cilic/a in the first round. Nishikori leads the Croatian 9-6 in the pairrsquo;s Lexus ATP Head2Head series, with their previous meeting coming at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a in 2018./p

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pSeventh seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview'Frances Tiafoe/a plays former a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/brandon-nakashima/n0ae/overview'Brandon Nakashima/a in the first round, while eighth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a takes on American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/reilly-opelka/o522/overview'Reilly Opelka/a. Japanese wild card a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yoshihito-nishioka/n732/overview'Yoshihito Nishioka/a faces a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/felix-auger-aliassime/ag37/overview'Felix Auger-Aliassime/a, while last year's semi-finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/shintaro-mochizuki/m0hu/overview'Shintaro Mochizuki/a plays a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-humbert/hh26/overview'Ugo Humbert/a./p

pThe hard-court event starts on Wednesday./p

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