Radical changes in the Green Group of the ATP Finals in Turin 2023. There was much talk about the physical problems suffered by the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, that on the eve of his debut he abandoned training with Carlos Alcaraz.
He denied any injury to the public, but denied himself two days later by withdrawing from the match against the Dane Holger Rune after only 17 minutes of play and with a score of 2-1 in the win.
Next, Tsitsipas confirmed a back injury that is forcing him out of the tournament for good. He will be absent on Thursday on the last day of his group, he will give his place to the first reserve, the Pole Hubert Hurkacz.
This had a double effect on Serbian Novak Djokovic. The most immediate, taken to court against the Italian Jannik Sinner know that a win mathematically puts them in the semifinals. The current champion and world number 1 will be the first to qualify in this edition.
And in two days he will no longer have before him the decimated Stefanos Tsitsipasbut the strongest Hubert Hurkacznumber nine in the world.
Rune’s quick victory officially made it a match won in two sets but the games did not count (0-0).
Green Group
This Tuesday:
Holger Rune (Din/8) over Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/6) 2-1 and ret.
Novak Djokovic (Srb/1)-Jannik Sinner (Ita/4)
first day:
J. Makasalanan (Ita/4) over S. Tsitsipas (Gre/7) 6-4, 6-4
N. Djokovic (Srb/1) to H. Rune (Din/8) 7-6 (4), 6-7 (1), 6-3
Classification:
1. Jannik Sinner 1-0 / 2-0 sets / 12-8 games
2. Novak Djokovic 1-0 / 2-1 sets / 19-16 games
3. Holger Rune 1-1 / 3-2 sets / 16-19 games
4. Hubert Hurkacz 0-0 / 0-0 / 0-0
5. Stefanos Tsitsipas 0-2 / 0-4 sets / 8-12 games
Red Group
This Wednesday:
Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/2)-Andrey Rublev (Rus/5) 2:30 pm
Daniil Medvedev (Rus/3)-Alex. Zverev (Ale/7) 9:00 pm
first day:
Alexander Zverev (Ale/7) over Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/2) 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-4
Daniil Medvedev (Rus/3) defeated Andrey Rublev (Rus/5) 6-4, 6-2
Classification:
1. Daniil Medvedev 1-0 / 2-0 sets / 12-6 games
2. Alexander Zverev 1-0 / 2-1 sets / 18-14 games
3. Carlos Alcaraz 0-1 / 1-2 sets / 14-18 games
4. Andrey Rublev 0-1 / 0-2 sets / 6-12 games
Source: La Verdad
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