Shapovalov, Del Potro on a collision course in Auckland

The draw is out at the ASB Classic in Auckland, and Denis Shapovalov and Juan Martin Del Potro are on a collision course.

Juan Martin is seeded no.2 in New Zealand where he has a bye to start the competition from the 2nd round. His opponent should be Denis Shapovalov that will face a qualifier in the 1st round. Denis and Juan Martin have already played each other once last year in Montreal when Shapovalov defeated the Argentine in straight sets 6-3 7-6 (4).

The rest of the draw and the seeds.

The ASB Classic has a fantastic draw this year with many #nextgen players. The top seeds are Jack Sock, Juan Martin Del Potro, Sam Querrey, John Isner, Roberto Bautista-Agut, Pablo Cuevas, David Ferrer, and Andrey Rublev.

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This draw is loaded with top Nextgen players. Besides Shapovalov, there is also Chung that will face Edmund in the opener. Also, Khachanov will face Sugita, and we will have a blockbuster clash between Tsitsipas and Rublev in the first round.

Possible quarters

Sock – Rublev/Tsitsipas
Querrey – Bautista-Agut
Ferrer – Isner
Del Potro/Shapovalov – Cuevas

Here the full draw.