Chennai: World No 2 and top seed Rafel Nadal of Spain will take on seasoned campaigner Rainer Schuettler of Germany in the first round of the Chennai ATP Open, which will get underway on Monday.
According to the main draw released on Saturday, second seed and world No 8 David Nalbandian of Argentina will play Kristian Piess (ranked 84) of Denmark while third seed Xavier Malisse of Belgium will take on Danai Udomchoke of Thailand, who won three challenger titles this year.
Former champion and fifth seed Carlos Moya of Spain will meet lower-ranked Alexander Waske of Germany while crowd favourite and seventh seed Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand will meet a qualifier, to be named on Sunday.
Fourth seed Frenchman Julien Benneteau clashes with Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia in the opening round. This year's field is the strongest ever in the history of the tournament.
Going by the performance of the seeds in the tournament so far, top seeds have won the title barring only once in 2001 when Michal Tabara of Czech Republic emerged champion.
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