Karen Khachanov and Stefanos Tsitsipas lead the draw in Sofia

Karen Khachanov and Stefanos Tsitsipas are the top seeds in Sofia.

Ranked respectively world no.11th and 12th, Karen and Stefanos will try to finally break in the top10 in February as both decided to compete every single week and in the same events. In fact, after Sofia, both will play Rotterdam, Marseille, and Dubai.

The draw in Bulgaria

After Khachanov and Tsitsipas, the top seeds are Daniil Medvedev, Roberto Bautista Agut, Nikoloz Basilashvili, Fernando Verdasco, Gael Monfils, and Andreas Seppi.

Khachanov’s projected path

Karen may face the following players

1R  – Bye
2R  – Berrettini
1/4 – Verdasco / Wawrinka
1/2 – Bautista Agut
Fin – Tsitsipas

Tsitsipas’ projected path

Stefanos is projected to play the following players

1R  – Bye
2R  – Struff
1/4 – Monfils
1/2 – Medvedev
Fin – Khachanov

The defending champion is Mirza Basic that last year defeated Marius Copil in the final after coming straight from the qualifications.

Here the full draw.