By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, October 22, 2024
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French shotmakers will bring home style to the Rolex Paris Masters.
Four Frenchmen—Richard Gasquet, Gael Monfils, Adrian Mannarino and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard—have received main-draw wild cards for the Rolex Paris Masters.
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The Rolex Paris Masters is set for October 28-November 3rd in Bercy.
The wild card announcements come a day after reigning Paris Indoors champion Novak Djokovic withdrew from Paris. Djokovic defeated rival Rafael Nadal to take third place at last weekend's Six Kings Slam exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A two-time finalist in 2009 and 2010, Monfils will make his 12th career appearance at the Rolex Paris Masters, 20 years after his tournament debut as a teenager.
Former world No. 7 Gasquet, who announced he will retire after the 2025 Roland Garros, will play Bercy for the 17th time.