Daniil Medvedev (World No. 3), Andrey Rublev (5) and Alexander Zverev (8) They will be competitors Carlos Alcaraz In the green group in their training in Nitto ATP Finals After the draw that was held on Thursday in Albitor in Turin. Novak Djokovic (1), who will make his debut on Sunday as champion, will play in the red group with Yannick Siner (4), Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) And Holger Ron (7).
AlcarazThe second candidate is participating for the first time in the tournament that brings together the best eight players this season, after they were unable to play last year due to injury, in search of a title that can withstand Spanish tennis. Manuel Orantesin 1966 in Houston and Alex Corretjain 1998 in Hannover, remain the only Spanish tennis players to have their names entered into the Masters registry since it was first played in Tokyo in 1970. They failed to capture the title Carlos Moya (1998), Juan Carlos Ferrero (2003), David Ferrer (2007) and Rafael Nadal 2010 and 2013).
The Moroccan tennis player is presented as the second favorite after Djokovic, although at the end of the season, after the US Open, his results were not at the level of an amazing year in which he won 6 titles, including Wimbledon. .
Negative line
Alcaraz He only won 5 matches In his last three tournaments, he was eliminated in his first match at the Paris Bercy Masters, which he won Djokovic For the seventh time. A negative streak makes his goal of being No. 1 at the end of the season impossible. That is why he will have to win the title, and for the Serbian tennis player to fall in the group stage without winning any match, something that has not happened to the Serbian in this tournament since his first appearance in 2007.
In the Green Group matches, which start on Monday, Alcaraz He will face MedvedevWhich he tied with with two victories. Rublev Who has never played with him until now and Zverev (3-3). The German tennis player won the title in 2018 and 2021, while… Medvedev He achieved this in 2020.
Chasing records
DjokovicWho dominates in confrontations with his group’s rivals, such as kafir (3-0), Tsitsipas (11-2) It is linked Ron (2-2), who is 36 years old, is the great candidate to become a teacher for the seventh time and breaks the record with six titles that he shares with him. Roger Federer He finished the year for the eighth time in first place, also surpassing Pete Sampras Pete Sampras Which he achieved seven times. “I’m going to go after all the records,” he declared after increasing the Masters 1,000 record to 40 (Nadal, second, has 36) in Paris. “I’ve never had a problem saying that and that’s why people don’t like me.” -Percy last year.week.
The No. 1 has won the Nitto ATP Finals six times (2008, 2012-13-14-15 and 2022) and has 64 victories in that tournament, which is twice as many as the rest of the players who will be trying to beat him. this year Djokovic He arrives in Turin holding six titles, including the Australian, Roland Garros, and the US Open, with a total of 51 victories and only five defeats.
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