Carlos Alcarazto face the same group of Masters Cup in the Italian city of Turin to the Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev and the German Alexander Zverevwill seek to become the third Spanish tennis player to win the title given to the eight best players of each year and achieve what Rafa Nadal and two other compatriots have achieved, Manuel Orantes in 1976 and Álex Corretja in 1998. However, he must first clear doubts on the track related to his physical condition and recover his sensations.
Alcaraz missed this event last year due to a stomach injury. This time, everyone is waiting to see what the Murcian can do. After a short break due to an injury that prevented him from Basel, his goal is to reach the ATP Finals at his best. He returned to Paris having lost his first match against Safiulin and now arrives in Turin with optimism.
Alcaraz claimed he came off better than he expected and was adamant about making sure he made a full recovery: “I feel great, I’m 100%.”
“I’m excited to debut here and give it 100%”Alcaraz pointed out, located in the Red Group of the masters tournament against the Red Group: Carlos Alcaraz (2), Daniil Medvedev (3), Andrey Rublev (5), Alexander Zverev (7). In the Green Group there are Novak Djokovic (1), Jannik Sinner (4), Stefanos Tsitsipas (6), Holger Rune (8).
Alcaraz debuts at the ATP Finals
This will be the debut of Alcaraz, 20 years old and currently the second player in the world, at the Nitto ATP Finals, which will take place from November 12 to 19, after he was unable to participate last year due to an abdominal injury when he started as the first seed .
In the transalpine lands, the Murcian fell into the red group with Medvedev, 27 years old and number 3 in the world; Rublev, 26 and number 5; and Zverev, also 26 and who is number 8.
In the green group is the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who at the age of 36 is the first ATP player; the Italian Jannik Sinner, 22 and fourth on the list; the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, 25 and the sixth; and the Danish Holger Rune, 20 and occupying the tenth position in the ranking.
The first two from each group will advance to the semifinals.
Let’s end a good year
One of the El Palmaralthough in the last tournaments in which he participated he proved to be far from his best version, which led him this season to win six titles, including Wimbledon In July, he looked to cap off a good year, in which he added his second grand slam and he is the only player capable of losing Djokovicnumber 1 in the world, in a major of this course.
The Masters Cup, which will also play for up to 1,500 points – which the champion will get if he wins his five matches – is a tournament that is usually hard to come by for Spanish tennis. Only two rounds of the 53 editions have occurred without a break since 1970.
Not in vain, only in the men’s team did Orantes and Corretja lift the trophy, the first of them in the American city of Houston in 1976 the Poles were defeated in the final Wotjek Fibak by 5-7, 6-2, 0-6, 7-6 and 6-1; and the second in German Hannover, which also surpassed the Spanish Carlos Moya by 3-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 and 7-5.
nadalthe best tennis player the country has produced throughout history, has never been crowned master in this competition and the time he came closest to achieving it was in the 2010 edition, in London, when he lost 3-6. 6-3 and 1-4 against the Swiss Roger Federer.
A total of 23 players from 15 countries won the ATP Finals and the tie of six titles in between Federer and Djokovic it can be undone Belgrade in his favor and, in fact, he is the main favorite to win the trophy.
The Czech nationalized American won five times Ivan Lendl and also the American Pete Sampras, in four the Romanian Ilie Nastase and in three the German Boris Becker and the American John McEnroe.
The Swede is a two-time champion Bjorn Borgthe Australian Lleyton Hewitt and the German Alexander Zverev.
ATP Finals winners:
At one time, the Americans Stan Smith, Jimmy Connors and Andre Agassi, the Argentines Guillermo Vilas and David NalbaldianSwedish Stefan Edberg, the German Michael Stich, the Brazilian Gustavo Kuertenthe Russians Nikolai Davydenko and Daniil Medvedevthe British Andy Murray the bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipasin addition to Orantes and Corretja.
Source: La Verdad
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