The Turin Alpitour Shovel hosts the 2022 ATP Finals from Sunday 13 to Sunday 22 November. Looking for a replacement for German Alexander Zverevchampion in 2021 and is out because he hasn’t played since he tore some ligaments in his ankle at Roland Garros.
The world number one of the year is also at stake. Murcian party with an advantage Carlos Alcarazbut he is the good absent because of his stomach injury, which needs to be known Rafael Nadal is a champion or finalist with a balance of 4-1 or if Stefanos Tsitsipas lift the trophy with absolute victory: 5-0.
The eight heroes are divided into two groups. The best two of each will meet in the semifinals, the first against the second.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovicthe talented veterans dating two newbies, Taylor Fritz and Felix Auger-Aliassime.
The show starts this Sunday there are two singles: Casper Ruud-Felix Auger-Aliassime (2:00 pm) and Rafael Nadal-Taylor Fritz (9:00 p.m.). They form the Green Group. El Rojo starts on Monday in the clashes Daniil Medvedev-Andrey Rublev Y Stefanos Tsitsipas-Novak Djokovic.
This is the 1×1 of the eight players, how they got to the event that will declare the ‘master’ of the season.
1
Rafael Nadal (36 years old / world number 2)
The eternal pending subject
At the age of 36, he is playing in this tournament for the eleventh time, where he has qualified seventeen times. Many times injuries kept him from his toughest event. His best results, the finals of 2010 and 2013. Winning the ATP Finals is his eternally pending subject.
It did not arrive in the best condition. Abdominal space experienced at Wimbledon was repeated before the US Open. After two months without competing, during which he was a father, he reappeared in Paris-Bercy losing to Tommy Paul, who was suffering from stomach pain.
This season he won 38 out of 44 games, with four titles: Melbourne, Australian Open, Acapulco and Roland Garros. He broke the record for Grand Slams, a total of 22.
two
Stefanos Tsitsipas (24 years old / world no. 3)
The 2019 champion, contender for No. 1
The Greek became the champion at the 2019 ATP Finals, with a balance of 4 wins and 1 loss which was not enough to take the world number 1 from Carlos Alcaraz. He needed to go 5-0, and the group that attracted him didn’t help much because he had Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic as rivals.
He is the player with the most games won this year, 60, for 22 losses. He won in Monte Carlo and Mallorca.
The course was a bit irregular for Helen, but she is once again looking to go all out in her fourth Final Masters participation.
3
Casper Ruud (23 years old / number 4 in the world)
Roland Garros and US Open finalist
The Norwegian made a quality leap by standing in the finals of Roland Garros and the US Open, as well as the Masters 1000 in Miami. Nadal, in Paris, and Alcaraz, in the United States, left him without a jackpot in a season of 48 wins and 20 losses. He won three titles, on clay in Buenos Aires, Geneva and Gstaad.
He arrived ‘burnt’ in the final weeks of the circuit, his indoor and difficult session became cautious. His second appearance at the ATP Finals, where he debuted in 2021 with a 2-2 record, as a semifinalist.
4
Daniil Medvedev (26 years old / world number 5)
The best of 2020, on a complex course
Indoors and on a hard court, Daniil Medvedev has always been a formidable opponent, even on a course as complicated as this one in 2022. He lost in the final of the Australian Open suffering the epic comeback of Rafa Nadal. He underwent surgery for a hernia that ruled him out of the ground tour. Vetoing the Russians caused her to lose at Wimbledon. Of course, she welcomed her first daughter in October.
He won 45 singles, lost 16. Only two titles, Los Cabos and Viena.
This is his fourth consecutive appearance at the ATP Finals, which he won in 2020, as a finalist in 2021. Nine singles dominated, four tied.
5
Felix Auger-Aliassime (22 years old / world number 6)
A rookie on a winning streak
The Canadian, a student of Frederic Fontang and Toni Nadal, is the youngest at the ATP Finals, which he reached for the first time with a winning streak of 16 straight matches that gave him titles in Florence, Antwerp and Basel . He was stopped in Paris-Bercy by another stylish young man, the Danish Holger Rune, the first reserve in Turin.
He is the year leader in games won on hard courts (44) and indoors (27). In total, 56 (behind only Tsitsipas and Alcaraz) and 25 defeats.
On the career path, favorite in the group with Nadal, Ruud and Fritz. Although he can pay for the hazing.
6
Andrey Rublev (25 years old / world number 7)
Third presence in a row
In a quiet but continuous work, the Russian who trains with the Spaniard Fernando Vicente returned to the ATP Finals, which he has not failed since 2020. Although he has not yet passed the group stage, with a negative balance of 2-4 .
They won 49 games this season, with 18 losses. Four titles: Marseille, Dubai, Belgrade and Gijón.
The draw did not favor him, with him joined by champions Medvedev (1-4), Tsitsipas (4-6) and Djokovic (1-1).
7
Novak Djokovic (35 years old / world number 8)
Going for Roger Federer’s record
Without competing in the Australian Open and the US Open, winning a Wimbledon that this year did not award points due to the boycott of the Russians, the Serb qualified in his own right to compete for the fifteenth time in the ATP Finals.
A new chance to reach Roger Federer’s record six titles. It has five after winning the 2008 and 2012 to 2015 editions.
He finished the season very well, winning 21 of his last 23 matches from Wimbledon until his loss in the Paris final against Holger Rune, ending a streak of 13 straight wins. At this stage, he chased the Tel Aviv and Astana crowns.
Overall, they won 37 games and lost 7 this season, 41-17 in their Masters Final record.
8
Taylor Fritz (25 years old / world number 9)
Debut thanks to the absence of Carlos Alcaraz
The American enters the starting group due to the absence of number 1 Carlos Alcaraz, who injured his stomach in the Paris-Bercy tournament. It opens with an ATP Finals.
He won 43 games this season and lost 19. He won in Indian Wells, Eastbourne and Tokyo.
There hasn’t been an American ‘masters’ since Pete Sampras won the 1999 edition in Hannover.
Source: La Verdad
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