Lucky draw for Alcaraz and Sinner at the ATP Finals

November 7, 2024
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The areas in which the best of the season will close the year, who will close it in Turin, were announced. The number one and three in the ranking will not clash in the group stage.

The incredible point that Alcaraz won against Sinner in the tiebreak of the ATP 500 final in Beijing

The end of the year is the most anticipated in the world of tennis. With no tournaments on the circuit, the culmination of the entire season arrives. He ATP Finals It brings together the best of the year and takes revenge with its group stage system: defeat does not mean direct elimination. The good news? for Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner; The number 1 and number 3 in the world smiled before the draw that was held this Thursday to define the zones.

The fight for the title, which the Argentines Guillermo Vilas, David Nalbandian and Gabriela Sabatini knew how to raise, will take place at the Inalpi Arena in Turin, the largest covered sports hall in Italy, with capacity for 15,000 spectators and will be from this Saturday, November 9 to Sunday, the 17th. Son eight tennis players who will competeand they will do so in two zones of four each. The best two will advance to the semifinals and those who win will meet in the grand final.

Only decisive instances could confront Alcaraz and Sinner; The thing is that the draw separated them into different zones and it is good news for both. The Spaniard was in the ‘John Newcombe Group’ boxalong with the German Alexander Zverev (No. 2), the Norwegian Casper Ruud (7th) and the Russian Andrey Rublev (9th). Meanwhile, the Italian will be in the ‘Ilie Nastase Groupalong with the Russian Daniil Medvedev (4th), the American Taylor Fritz (6th) and the Australian Alex de Minaur (8th).

Jannik Sinner’s luxury arrival at the press day prior to the ATP Finals

The 21-year-old Spaniard arrives as one of the big favorites for his second ATP Finals matchformerly Masters. 2024 was a luxury year where he won two Grand Slams (Roland Garros and Wimbledon), the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells and the ATP 500 in Beijing (the final against Sinner).

And it is that The loss of Novak Djokovic also leaves Sinner as a great leader. The first nine of the ATP ranking participate, with the absence of the now No. 5. But it is not just any absence. The thing is It means that a 23-year streak will be broken with the presence of at least one of the three components of the famous Big 3 (also, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer): the last time without one of them was in 2001.

Again injuries keep him away from the fields. “I really wanted to be there, but due to an injury I won’t be able to be there next week,” expressed the Serbian on his Instagram account. His loss allowed Rublev to enter the tournament.

Stefanos Tsitsipas will not be thereafter five consecutive editions, after occupying 12th place in the ranking and will not be able to repeat the 2019 triumph. So, it leaves only two champions among the eight participants: Zverev, who lifted it in 2018 and 2021, and Medvedev, in 2022. Djokovic would go for the three-time title that he won seven times, since it was won in 2022 and 2023.

finals atp — The ATP Finals groups were drawn. (useopen)

The groups of the Masters ATP Finals 2024

Grupo Ilie Nastase: Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz and Alex De Minaur. El Domingo trudges with Medvedev vs. Fritz and Sinner vs. De Minaur.
John Newcombe Group: Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev. It starts on Monday with Alcaraz vs. Ruud and Zverev vs. Rublev.