He John Newcombe Group of the ATP Finals in Turin 2024 started strangely. After the normality of the opening of the Ilie Nastase Group, because the world number 1 and local hero Jannik Sinner banó, the unexpected defeat at the start of Carlos Alcaraz.
Surprising due to the lack of energy of Alcaraz, who is suffering from a cold, which led to his first defeat against Casper Ruud whom he had firmly dominated the four times before.
This KO of Alcaraz, with the uncertainty of his physical condition, revolutionizes a group that includes the German Alexander Zverev and the Russian Andrey Rublev, who will play this Monday at 8:30 p.m.
The format of the competition determines that Alcaraz will face the loser on Wednesday, while the winners will measure strength against each other. The third and final day will be held on Friday. The best two advance to the semifinals.
In this ’round robin’ format, it is not only about winning or losing, but also trying to have the best balance of sets, and even games, in case there is a tiebreaker to be carried out to determine the two who qualify for the semifinals. Things didn’t go well for Alcaraz in that either.
The jackpot went to Ruud, in every sense. Victory is rewarded with 396,500 dollars (the fixed amount for playing, 165,500, is for both players) and 200 ranking points.
The tournament can be seen on television through Movistar Plus+. Also follow Alcaraz’s match live on the Mundo Deportivo websitewhich informs up to the minute of everything that is happening.
Results and classification
GROUP ILIE NASTASE (1st day)
Taylor Fritz (USA/5) a Daniil Medvedev (Rus/4) 6-4, 6-3
Jannik Sinner (Ita/1) and Alex de Miñaur (Aus/7) 6-3, 6-4
Classification PJ PG PP SF SC JF JC
Jannik Sinner 1 1 0 2 0 12 7
Taylor Fritz 1 1 0 2 0 12 7
Daniil Medvedev 1 0 1 0 2 7 12
Alex de Miñaur 1 0 1 0 2 7 12
Second day (Tuesday the 12th)
14:00 h. Daniil Medvedev (Rus/4)-Alex de Miñaur (Aus/7)
20:30 h. Jannik Sinner (Ita/1)-Taylor Fritz (USA/5)
JOHN NEWCOMBE GROUP (1st round)
Casper Ruud (Nor/6) to Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/3) 6-1, 7-5
(Monday 8:30 p.m.)
Alexander Zverev (Ale/2)-Andrey Rublev (Rus/8)
Classification PJ PG PP SF SC JF JC
Casper Ruud 1 1 0 2 0 13 6
Carlos Alcaraz 1 0 1 0 2 6 13
Alexander Zverev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrey Rublev 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
This is how the ATP world ranking looks
1. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 10,530 points
2. Alexander Zverev (Ale) / 7.315
3. Carlos Alcaraz (Esp) / 6,810
4. Daniil Medvedev (Rus) / 4.830
5. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 4.500
6. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 4.055
7 Novak Djokovic (Serb) / 3.910
8. Alex de Miñaur (Aus) / 3.745
9. Andrey Rublev (Rus) / 3.720
10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) / 3.340
