The big move of the Open Occitanie: the tournament sees the arrival of the world number 9 in Montpellier

Le Russe va disputer le tournoi pour la deuxième fois de sa carrière. EPA – ALI HAIDER

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Selon nos informations, l’Open Occitanie (ATP 250) a enregistré la venue d’un des meilleurs joueurs du monde, en la personne du Russe Andrey Rublev, présent à Montpellier pour la 15e édition, du 26 janvier au 2 février.

That's it, the organizers of the Open Occitanie have their big name: defeated in the first round of the Australian Open by the Brazilian Joao Fonseca, Andrey Rublev (9th in the world) will come to Montpellier to play the 15th edition of the tournament at the Sud de France Arena, according to our information.

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Former world No. 5 in 2021, the Russian will be lined up for the Hérault tournament for the second time in his career since he had already come in 2018, then aged 20 years old and ranked 36th in the world. That year, he lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter-finals.

A rather complete table

With a wild card, Rublev completes a rather complete table in which the American Sebastian Korda (22nd), the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime (23rd), the Swiss Stan Wawrinbka (156th), the French Gaël Monfils (41st), Richard Gasquet (132nd) – for his last participation before his retirement – ​​or Alexandre Muller (58th), Corentin Moutet (69th), as well as the local of the stage, the Montpellier Arthur Cazaux (78th).