The 2024 tennis season will experience one of its great events starting Sunday: the ATP Finals. The eight best tennis players of the year will meet in Turin to decide who is crowned ‘master’.
There are currently five qualified players: Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Taylor Fritz. The other three places are temporarily occupied by Alex de Miñaur (8th), Casper Ruud (7th) and Novak Djokovic (6th)although the Serbian presence is highly questionable.
Some pictures of him in the Maldives, where he vacationed for a few daysthey have quarantined their defense of the title achieved last year.
“If I want to prolong my career, I have to choose the tournaments I play wisely. Turin is no longer a goal for me, at all. Honestly, I’m not chasing the ATP Finals or the ranking anymore,” Djokovic said just a few weeks ago, before leaving the Paris Masters 1000.
In the absence of certification their mathematical classification, which will only be in jeopardy if Andrey Rublev wins this week in Metz, Alex de Miñaur does the same in Belgrade and Casper Ruud at least reaches the quarterfinals final in Metz, a complex carom that makes their stay in the top eight almost certain.
So, everyone is waiting for the decision of the Olympic champion, who this time has no incentive to maintain a good state of form for the final stage of the Davis Cup, because this year Serbia did not qualify for the Malaga event.
One of the most affected is Carlos Alcaraz that, after losing second place in the world ranking this Monday at the hands of Alexander Zverev, He may be forced to face Sinner and Djokovic in the group stagea high challenge after the recent setback in Paris-Bercy, where he did not fully adapt to the speed of the track, the fastest on the circuit.
Nole’s final decision shouldn’t be long in coming, as the groups are drawn on Thursdaydate when players must be in Italy for promotional events.
For now, the champion of 24 Grand Slam titles is in Belgrade to promote the tournament organized by the capital of Serbia this week and which replaces the one in Gijón, where he was seen in a calm attitude after a season where He was not able to add any Grand Slam or Masters 1000 to his great record, although he achieved his great goal: to become Olympic champion.
Source: La Verdad
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