The 2024 tennis season is about to close with the ATP Finalswhich are held in Turin (Italy). During this competition, The best eight tennis players in the world will face each other in a tournament to define who is the true No. 1. It should be noted that Novak Djokovicdefending champion and top winner (7 times), has fallen out of the tournament, but Carlos AlcarazJannik Sinner or Alexander Zverev do compete. We analyze their results and the classification of the two tournament groups.
The competitors this time in the ATP Finals are Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud, Andrey Rublev and Alex De Miñaur. Stefanos Tsitsipas and Grigor Dimitrov remain as substitutes, who would only enter in case of injury and, a priori, without any options to qualify for the semifinals of the Masters Tournament.
The organization of the championship is as follows: of the groups (Ilie Nastase and John Newcombe) one led by Jannik Sinner and the other by Alexander Zverevthe two main favorites of the tournament according to the ATP ranking.
- Ilia Nastase: Jannik Sinner (Italy, No. 1), Daniil Medvedev (Russia, No. 4), Taylor Fritz (USA, No. 5), Alex De Miñaur (Australia, No. 8).
- John Newcombe: Alexander Zverev (Germany, No. 2), Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, No. 3), Casper Ruud (Norway, No. 7), Andrey Rublev (Russia, No. 9).
The two tennis players who win the most matches in the group (in case of a tie, is broken by results between themselvespercentage of sets won, percentage of games won or ATP ranking) advance to the semifinalswhich like the final and the group stage matches will be played in the best of three sets.
Every victory in the group stage awards 200 points for the ATP rankinga victory in the semifinals gives 300 and winning the final gives 500. If a tennis player is crowned champion undefeated, they can add 1500 points.
All the results of the ATP Finals
At the moment, two matches have been played in this tournament: Taylor Fritz-Daniil Medvedev/Jannik Sinner-Alex De Miñaur, held last Sunday. The results were the following: 6-4 and 6-3 for Taylor Fritz, and 6-3 and 6-4 for Jannik Sinner.
The next matches that will be played are those of Carlos Alcaraz-Casper Ruud/Alexander Zverev-Andrey Rublevwhich will be played this Monday, November 11. The other matches are yet to be confirmed, with the final being this Saturday the 17th.
Sunday November 10
- Taylor Fritz (USA) and Daniil Medvedev (RUS) por 6-4, 6-3
- Jannik Sinner (ITA) and Alex de Miñaur (AUS) by 6-3, 6-4
Monday November 11
- Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) vs Casper Ruud (NOR)
- Alexander Zverev (ALE) vs Andrey Rublev (RUS)
Masters Tournament classification: this is how the groups remain
The classification why is Masters Tournament in each of the groups it depends on the results of the three matches in this phase, prior to the qualifiers, which are made up of semifinals and final.
Grupo Ilie Nastase
- Taylor Fritz: 1 win and 0 losses (2-0 in sets)
- Jannik Sinner: 1 win and 0 losses (2-0)
- Daniil Medvedev: 0 defeats and 1 victory (0-2)
- Alex De Minaur: 0 defeats and 1 victory (0-2)
John Newcombe Group
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Casper Ruud
- Alexander Zverev
- Andrey Rublev
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