This Friday the group stage of the ATP Finals 2024 ended and, in this way, the four semi-finalists of the contest were defined, with the surprise of the early elimination of the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz. The matches will be like this: Alexander Zverev vs. Taylor Fritz and Jannik Sinner vs. Casper Ruud. Both will take place this Saturday at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, the venue for the last competition of the season.
In the Ilie Nastase group, the leader of the standings was the Italian Sinner with a perfect score, after two victories against Fritz by double 6-4, against the Russian Daniil Medvedev by 6-3 and 6-4 and against the Australian Álex De Miñaur by 6-3 and 6-4. The American Fritz finished second. with a balance of two wins (6-4 and 6-3 vs. Medvedev and 5-7, 6-4 and 6-3 vs. De Miñaur) and the defeat vs. Sinner.
In the John Newcombe zone, meanwhile, the German Zverev finished at the top of the general classification also with an ideal score after defeating the Russian Andrey Rublev 6-4 and 6-4, Ruud 7-6 (3) and 6-3 and Alcaraz 7-6 (5) and 6-4. The Norwegian Ruud, for his part, remained as escort after achieving two wins (6-1 and 7-5 vs. Alcaraz and 6-4, 5-7 and 6-2 vs. Rublev) and the loss against Zverev.
*All times correspond to Argentina.
The big absentee from the competition is Novak Djokovic, who came sixth in the race to the ATP Finals with 3,910 units but gave up competing and defending the crown he won in 2023. He is the top winner of the Masters with seven stars -Shanghai 2008, London 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015; and Turin 2022 and 2023 – and the last two-time champion, so the championship will have a new monarch after two seasons. The Balkan’s place was taken by Rublev.
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Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – Seven titles
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Roger Federer (Switzerland) – Six
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Iván Lendl (Czechoslovakia) and Pete Sampras (United States) – Five each
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Ilie Năstase (Romania) – Cuatro
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Boris Becker (Germany) and John McEnroe (United States) – Three each
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Björn Borg (Sweden), Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) and Alexander Zverev (Germany) – Two each
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Stan Smith (United States), Jimmy Connors (United States), Andre Agassi (United States), Guillermo Vilas (Argentina), David Nalbandian (Argentina), Manuel Orantes (Spain), Alex Corretja (Spain), Stefan Edberg (Sweden) , Michael Stich (Germany), Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil), Nikolay Davydenko (Russia), Andy Murray (Great Britain), Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria), Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) and Daniil Medvedev (Russia) – One each
