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Monfils, Gasquet headline Paris wild cards
Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet headline the wild cards for this year's Rolex Paris Masters, which were announced by the ATP Masters 1000 event on Tuesday.
Monfils will compete in the tournament for the 12th time. He first played the event in 2004 aged 18. The Frenchman is a two-time finalist at Bercy, in 2009 and 2010.
Gasquet will try to make a final magical run at the season's final Masters 1000 event before he retires next year at Roland Garros. The former No. 7 player in the PIF ATP Rankings has played 13 of the past 14 editions of the Rolex Paris Masters and 16 times overall.
[ATP APP]Adrian Mannarino and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard have also received a main draw wild card. Mpetshi Perricard will make his main draw debut after playing qualifying at the tournament for the first time last year.
Arthur Cazaux, Hugo Gaston, Quentin Halys and Alexandre Muller were awarded qualifying wild cards. The Rolex Paris Masters will take place next week.
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