.The Olympics are actually still going on (Novak Djokovic and also Carlos Alcaraz are squaring off in the males's songs gold-medal match on Sunday), yet the ping pong trip is actually wasting no time at all proceeding to the upcoming occasion. Instantly on the heels of the Olympics and also the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. is actually the National Bank Open. It's a 1000-point competition-- for the guys in Montreal and for the females in Toronto.Needless to say, there will definitely be a lot of tired bodies in Montreal. That will not hold true for planet No. 1 Jannik Evildoer, considering that he was forced out of the Olympics by tonsillitis. Instead of making all type of surface area changes (clay-based to lawn to clay and also right now to tough courts), Evildoer has actually been actually resting up for the hard-court summertime. In fact, the Italian-- that has actually not participated in given that Wimbledon-- has actually presently resided in Montreal for a whole week.Sinner is the No. 1 seed this happening full week and also is actually a specifically very clear title favored considering that each Djokovic as well as Alcaraz have naturally taken out from the tournament. Naturally, it is actually not as if Evildoer will certainly be without competition. Other top seeds consist of Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud, and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Following a bye, Criminal might satisfy Frances Tiafoe in the 3rd round, Rublev or Tommy Paul in the one-fourths, as well as Medvedev or Tsitsipas in the SFs. Tsitsipas will likely experience Alex Michelsen in the last 32 as well as Arthur Fils in the last 16, while Medvedev possibly opens with Alejandro Davidovich Fokina as well as Tiafoe vs. Alejandro Tabilo is actually a first-round match.The bottom half of the brace is actually home to a handful of interesting first-round face-offs: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Flavio Cobolli, Ben Shelton vs. Alexander Bublik, Jack Draper vs. Jordan Thompson, and Holger Rune vs. Milos Raonic.If the seeds hold to develop, quarterfinal matches would be actually Hubert Hurkacz vs. Grigor Dimitrov, Evildoer vs. Rublev, Medvedev vs. Tsitsipas, as well as Zverev vs. Ruud.Ricky provides to 10sballs. com and additionally maintains his own ping pong site, The Grandstand. You can follow him on Twitter at @Dimonator.