Cobolli goes down in Paris, brings Jódar a little closer to Turin; Tirante enters the picture

The Italian Flavio Cobolli will not compete in the Paris Masters 1,000 due to injurythe last of the year, due to a physical problem, so he will be replaced in the final draw by the Argentine Thiago Agustín Tirante.

The absence of the transalpine brings the Spanish a little closer Rafa Jódar to the Turin Masters Tournament. Cobolli is now sixth in the ranking, in which three places remain to be awarded for the event of the Teachers.

Jodarwho won his entry duel in Paris to Chilean Alejandro Tabilopart as ninth. He still has the American ahead of him Frances Tiafoe and Frenchman Arthur Filswhile the Australian is hot on his heels Alex de Minaur. The Serbian appears further away Novak Djokovicwhich has only been missing Masters Tournament in one of the last 20 editions.

With the loss of Cobolli, Tirante will face the winner of the duel between the German Jan-Lennard Struff and the Frenchman Arthur Gea, invited by the organizers, in the second round.

He becomes the third Argentine survivor in the tournament, along with Francisco Cerúndolo, who will play the first round against the Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech, and Juan Martín Etcheverrywho will face the Russian Andrey Rublev.

On the first day they fell Mariano Navone fell against the French Luca van Assche, Juan Manuel Cerúndolo against the norwegian Casper Ruud and Sebastian Baez against Spanish Daniel Merida.