Felix Auger-Aliassime has moved up to eighth in the ATP Tour To Turin rankings on the strength of his runner-up performance in Paris last week.
The 25-year-old Canadian has chosen to let him ride.
He withdrew from this week’s Moselle Open in Metz, France, where he was the top seed, meaning Lorenzo Musetti can reclaim eighth place, and thus qualify for Turin, with a title in Athens.
Musetti is 180 points behind Auger-Aliassime, meaning he will only overtake the Canadian if he claims the 250 points for the title. A second performance would leave him 30 points shy.
Musetti, second in Athens, has a first-round bye and will face either Botic Van de Zandschulp or Stan Wawrinka in the second round.
He is scheduled to face fifth seed Alexandre Muller in the quarterfinals if the seeds hold.
Check out the current Athens draw:
Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton and Alex de Minaur have already qualified for Turin, leaving just one main draw spot up for grabs.
