The Spanish Carlos Alcarazwho will mathematically finish number one this season after the elimination of his countryman Rafael Nadal in ATP finalswill travel this Wednesday to Turin to receive the usual trophy corresponding to the tennis player occupying the position of highest privilege.
The tennis player from El Palmar (Murcia), the youngest number one in history, will receive the award in a special ceremony at the center court of Pala Alpitour where this tournament that puts an end to the season will be held on 9 : 00 pm (local time), ATP confirmed in a statement sent to the press.
Alcaraz could lose his number one status if Nadal wins the tournament -or is an undefeated finalist- or if Tsitsipas does the same undefeated. Both options are no longer possible, so the young tennis player, the revelation of the circuit, can rest easy until the start of the next campaign, where he will defend the throne.
Nadal, after his loss on Tuesday against the Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime, a student of his uncle and mentor Toni Nadal, congratulated his partner for the victory, despite the fact that there is still he mathematical choices to wrest the position from him.
“Well done by Carlos, it’s great news for Spanish tennis, he deserves it after a great year,” he said in the round after the crash, not very confident in the carom of results that need to happen to stay alive in the tournament and that in the first set of Ruud against Fritz they were finished.
Alcaraz was unable to play in this championship due to an abdominal injury that also prevented him from participating in the next Davis Cup to be played in Malaga.
Source: La Verdad
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