Daniil Medvedev (world number 3), Andrey Rublev (5) and Alexander Zverev (8) They will be rivals Carlos Alcaraz In the green group in training Nitto Finals ATP After the draw at the Alpitour in Turin this Thursday. Novak Djokovic (1), who will debut as the champion this Sunday, will compete in the red group. Jannik Sinner (4), Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) and Holger Rune (7).
alcarazHe participates in the tournament, which brings together the best eight players of the season, who could not play last year due to injury, as the second favorite in search of a championship that can resist Spanish tennis. Manuel Orantesin Houston in 1966 and Alex CorretjaThey remain the only two Spanish tennis players to have their names etched in the Masters record, held in Hannover in 1998, since it was first played in Tokyo in 1970. Carlos Moya (1998), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003), David Ferrer (2007) and Rafael Nadal 2010 and 2013).
The Murcian tennis player is considered the second favorite after Djokovic, but his results after the US Open at the end of the season are not up to the level of a magnificent year in which he won 6 titles, including Wimbledon. .
negative line
alcaraz Won only 5 matches He was eliminated in his first match at the Paris-Bercy Masters, which he won in the last three tournaments he played. Djokovic for the seventh time. A negative streak that made the goal of being number 1 at the end of the season impossible. For this, he needs to win the championship and the Serbian tennis player must fall into the group stage without winning a single match; This is something that has not happened to the Serbian tennis player in this tournament since his debut in 2007.
In the green group matches that will start on Monday, alcaraz will face MedvedevIt is tied with two victories; Rublev has not played yet and Zverev (3-3). While the German tennis player won the championship in 2018 and 2021, Medvedev He achieved this in 2020.
Chasing records
DjokovicProvides superiority in matches against its group’s rivals Sinner (3-0), Tsitisipas (11-2) and tied rune (2-2), at the age of 36, is a great candidate to become a teacher for the seventh time and breaks the record of six titles he has shared. Roger Federer He finished the year as number 1 for the eighth time, surpassing Pete Sampras Pete Sampras the one who achieved this seven times. “I’m going to break all the records. I’ve never had a problem saying that, and that’s why people don’t like me,” he said after increasing his Masters 1000 record in Paris to 40 (runner-up Nadal has 36). -Bercy in the week of last year.
The No. 1 seed has won the Nitto ATP Finals six times (2008, 2012-13-14-15 and 2022) and has 64 wins in that tournament; This is twice the victories achieved by other players who will try to beat him. This year Djokovic He arrived in Turin with six titles, including the Australian, Roland Garros and US Open; In total, they had 51 wins and only 5 defeats.