The group stage of the ATP Finals ended with a German victory Alexander Zverevexecutioner of Carlos Alcaraz on the opening day of the Red Group, in Russian Andrey Rublev, 6-4 and 6-4. This was the only match of the twelve individual matches played that was meaningless in the build-up to the semifinals. Of course, he awarded $390,000 and 200 ranking points to the German.
Zverev and Rublev They knew they were fired after the success of Carlos Alcaraz about Daniel Medvedev by 6-4 and 6-4. The Spaniard came back to finish in first place, with the Russian second.
With that order, Carlos Alcaraz will play his semifinal this Saturday against the second in the Green Group, Novak Djokovic. It will be 9:00 pm
Earlier, at 2:30 pm, the only undefeated player and local idol Jannik Sinner, the first Italian to reach the semi-finals of the ATP Finals, will face Medvedev.
Alcaraz was not the only Spaniard in the competition at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, which has a capacity for 13,000 spectators. Around 12:00 pm Marcel Granollers will play his third semi-final with the Argentine Horacio Zeballos as a pair They won all three of their group matches, and will face Indian Rohan Nopanna and Australian Matthew Ebden.
Granollers was ‘master’ in 2012, partnering with Marc López.
The semi-final program
Saturday, November 18
12:00 hours
Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos (Esp/Arg) vs.
Rohan Bopanna/Matthew Ebden (Ind/Aus)
(not before 2:30 pm)
Jannik Sinner (Ita/4)-Daniil Medvedev (Rus/2)
(not before 6:30 pm)
Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury (USA/GBR) vs.
Santiago González/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Mex/Fra)
(not before 9:00 pm)
Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/2)-Novak Djokovic (Srb/1)
Final classification
RED GROUP
1. Carlos Alcaraz 2-1 PG-PP, 5-2 sets, 39-37 games
2. Daniel Medvedev 2-1 / 4-2 / 33-28
3. Alexander Zverev 2-1 / 4-3 / 40-35
4. Andrey Rublev 0-3 / 0-6 / 21-37
GREEN GROUP
1. Jannik Sinner 3-0 PG-PP / 6-2 sets / 49-39 games
2. Novak Djokovic 2-1 / 5-4 / 54-49
3. Holger Rune 1-2 / 4-4 / 29-36
4. Hubert Hurkacz 0-1 / 1-2 / 13-17
5. Stefanos Tsitsipas 0-2 / 0-4 / 8-12
Source: La Verdad
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