By Erik Gudris | @ATNTennis | Saturday, August 19, 2023
A diverse field of established ATP stars and rising newcomers highlight next week’s Winston-Salem Open.
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The ATP 250 event, now in its 13th year, kicks off Monday with players seeking some last-minute tuneup and potentially the title heading into this year’s US Open.
Borna Coric enters as the top seed followed by recent Washington D.C. finalist Tallon Griekspoor as the second seed.
However, the biggest name in the draw will certainly be former US Open champion Dominic Thiem. The 29-year-old Austrian is on the comeback trail after a difficult several years.
Things have improved for the former World No. 3 of late, including Thiem making a run to the final of his hometown ATP 250 event in Kitzbuhel a few weeks ago.
Thiem will face France’s Arthur Rinderknech in the first round.
In addition, several notable Americans who earned last-minute wildcards will spice up the singles field.
Those include Sebastian Korda, rising 18-year-old Alex Michelsen, and Michael Mmoh.
Gael Monfils, who was in the draw earlier, returned his own wildcard earlier in the week, and will not compete.
Main draw action will begin on Sunday with the players competing for total prize money of over $760,000.
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