“Open 13 Provence, Sinner package,” wrote the organizers of the Marseille tournament on their X account (formerly Twitter). They also say they are in discussions with the German Alexander Zverev, semi-finalist in Australia.
Sinner, 4th player in the world, won the first Grand Slam title of his career on Sunday against Russian Daniil Medvedev. He was to be the headliner of the Marseille tournament, for which he had already withdrawn last year, shortly before entering the fray against Frenchman Arthur Fils. In the absence of Sinner, it is the Pole Hubert Hurkacz, 8th player in the world and defending champion in Marseille, who should be seeded N.1.