He ATP 500 of Astana (Kazakhstan) is undoubtedly one of the best in 2022 both for the level of play and for the tennis players who compete in it. And he will also be remembered for repeating a fact that has not happened since 2019 in 250/500 competitions: Having four Top 10 players among the top four.
Currently the semifinals are made up of Andrey Rublev, Daniil Medvedev, Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipasall of them members of the select group of the ten best in the world. In turn, in Beijing 2019, the same thing happened but with Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev, Karen Khachanov and Tsitsipas among the semifinalists. Back then, they were all Top 10.
One last piece of information to add is that the Astana 2022 final will also be the 10th final in 2022 involving Top 10 players. The others were: Australian Open, Roland Garros, US Open, Madrid, Rome, Rotterdam, Marseille, Belgrade and Umag.
