A lot of things are going to happen in Cincinnati.
For the victory of the tournament, with numerous contenders involved.
Daniil Medvedev will definitely want to do better than last year when he lost the semifinal to countryman Andrey Rublev.
Rafael Nadal is back, who raised the trophy in 2013 and who has been absent from Cincinnati for five years.
There is also the blue Jannik Sinner at the bottom of the scoreboard, who first has the opportunity to avenge the defeat suffered in Montreal at the hands of Pablo Carreno Busta.
Ransom also for Matteo Berrettini: the Italian number two, however, has another difficult first round, in which he will face Frances Tiafoe.
There is not only a fight for the trophy in Cincinnati but also for the ranking position.