Andy Murray was understandably devastated when he learned he couldn’t head to the Australian Open after testing positive for the Coronavirus. Andy is eager to get back to the tour in full steam after his spectacular recovery from the hip operation he had back in 2019 and not being able to play in Melbourne was
The former world no.1 is hungry for playing matches and according to reports he tried even to play the actual Challenger in Quimper in France, but it was too late. Therefore, Andy decided to get on the entry list of the Challenger in Biella that will be staged in the 2nd week of the Australian Open (15th February).
The last edition of this Challenger in Biella was won by Facundo Bagnis after Blaz Kavcic retired in the final.
Main draw entry list and Alternates
Lorenzo Musetti, Sebastian Korda and Lucas Pouille are also among the top names that will play the challenger in Biella. Here the entry list with the alternates.
| Seed | Name | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina | 54 |
| 2 | Lucas Pouille | 74 |
| 3 | Soonwoo Kwon | 96 |
| 4 | Sebastian Korda | 103 |
| 5 | Andreas Seppi | 106 |
| 6 | Kamil Majchrzak | 108 |
| 7 | Ilya Ivashka | 109 |
| 8 | Antoine Hoang | 119 |
| Damir Dzumhur | 120 | |
| Evgeny Donskoy | 122 | |
| Andy Murray | 123 | |
| Lorenzo Musetti | 129 | |
| Jason Jung | 133 | |
| Henri Laaksonen | 134 | |
| Arthur Rinderknech | 135 | |
| Federico Gaio | 136 | |
| Oscar Otte | 141 | |
| Mohamed Safwat | 147 | |
| Danilo Petrovic | 149 | |
| Peter Gojowczyk | 151 | |
| Bernabe Zapata Miralles | 153 | |
| Martin Klizan | 156 | |
| Blaz Rola | 157 |
These are the alternates.
| 1 | Alessandro Giannessi | 165 |
| 2 | Dmitry Popko | 167 |
| 3 | Yannick Maden | 172 |
| 4 | Thomas Fabbiano | 174 |
| 5 | Steven Diez | 178 |
| 6 | Roberto Marcora | 180 |
| 7 | Filip Horansky | 184 |
| 8 | Ernests Gulbis | 185 |
| 9 | Ramkumar Ramanathan | 190 |
| 10 | Mitchell Krueger | 192 |
| 11 | Lukas Rosol | 196 |
| 12 | Tomas Machac | 197 |
| 13 | Lukas Lacko | 200 |
| 14 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 201 |
| 15 | Maximilian Marterer | 209 |
| 16 | Maxime Janvier | 210 |
| 17 | Thai-Son Kwiatkowski | 213 |
| 18 | Illya Marchenko | 215 |
| 19 | Marius Copil | 216 |
| 20 | Matteo Viola | 220 |
Andy Murray in 2021
Currently the world no.123, the Brit played his last match on the 13th of October 2020 when he surrendered to Fernando Verdasco 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Cologne (draw).
Lorenzo Musetti in 2021
Currently ranked no.129, the Italian played his last match on the 21st of January when he was defeated by Benjamin Bonzi 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger (draw).
During this season Musetti owns an overall 1-2 match record.
Andy Murray and Lorenzo Musetti have never faced off.
Korda in the Quimper Challenger, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.103 (career-high), Sebastian has managed to achieve a compiled 5-1 win-loss record in 2021. The American is competing in the Quimper Challenger where he managed to beat Tristan Lamasine 7-63 4-6 7-67.
Sebastian Korda will face Bourgue in the 2nd round. They have never played each other until now on the main tour.
Sebastian was the finalist in Delray Beach (Delray Beach Open).
Lucas Pouille in 2021
Ranked world no.74, the French player played his last match on the 15th of June 2020 when he was defeated by Elliot Benchetrit 16-11 6-3 in the 1st round in (draw).
Sebastian Korda and Lucas Pouille have never played each other as of now in top events.
