MADRID, 9 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz will lead the Red Group in the ATP Finals, which will be held in Turin (Italy) from November 12 to 19, along with the Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev and the German Alexander Zverev, according to the draw. celebrated this Thursday.
The Murcian, current number two in the world, already knew that he would lead one of the two groups given his status in the circuit ranking, just as he knew that Medvedev, third in the world, or Jannik Sinner, number four, would be one of the rivals. more dangerous. Finally, the Russian has been the toughest bone that El Palmar will face in the tournament in Turin.
Medvedev, recent finalist in the 1,000 Masters in Paris (France), was the Spaniard’s executioner in the semifinals of the US Open 2023, where Alcaraz was unsuccessfully defending his throne. However, the balance between both tennis players is tied, since Alcaraz beat him this year in the Wimbledon semifinals and the Indian Wells final, and the Russian won the first face-to-face match in the second round at the All England Club in 2021. .
The world number two will also face Alexander Zverev, whom he already beat in the quarterfinals of the US Open 2023 and who seems to be approaching the high level he showed until his serious ankle injury. The balance between Spanish and German, a common duel in recent years, is tied (3-3).
While with the remaining rival in this Red Group, the Russian Rublev, they have only played once, in the exhibition tournament in the United Arab Emirates at the end of last year, with a victory for the world number 5.
On the other hand, the Serbian Novak Djokovic heads the Green Group of these ATP Finals that will be held in Turin from November 12 to 19. His opponents in this round robin will be the Italian Jannik Sinner, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the Norwegian Holger Rune. In a tournament to decide a new ‘master’ in which for the third time in history all its participants are European.