Red Hot. This is how the ATP Race looks with two weeks and three events left to determine which eight players are present at the ATP Finals 2023. There are four men already qualified and for the remaining places, a total of ten high-level tennis players are applying, although many arrive with distrust and doubts.
Being part of the eight best in the world at the end of a course is one of the great privileges that the world of tennis can offer. That is why there are constant glances at the Race ATP during these weeks by tennis players, fans and the media, trying to clarify which players will travel to Turin for the dispute of the ATP Finals 2023. What happened this week leaves many doubts in the main candidates since all of them succumbed earlier than expected and revealed their physical and mental fatigue, as well as a certain identity crisis on the part of some. Ben Shelton has taken advantage of this, getting into the fight, although he will need a miracle in the next events. Basel, Vienna and Paris-Bercy They will be the scenarios where everything is decided in the coming weeks.
– Rublev is very close to certifying his classification and Tsitsipas should not miss him
Taking into account that Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner are already classified, a scenario of great uncertainty then opens up, from which only the Andrey Rublev. The Russian is in a privileged position to mathematically certify his presence in Turin as soon as he wins a couple of games in the coming weeks. He is in good shape and has deserved enough to be part of the Masters Cup.
Another who has the ticket to Turin very close, although in the matter of sporting merit he has not stood out as much, is Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Greek compensates for his general poor dynamics with a few tournaments and only a debacle in the form of early defeats and good performances by his competitors could leave him out. For his part, Alexander Zverev He will have to rebuild quickly after his disappointing time in Shanghai and Tokyo, where life has been complicated by defeats in the first round. He cannot be distracted one bit if he wants to certify his classification and thus fulfill his priority objective this campaign.
– The inconsistency of the majority of candidates opens up a lot of possibilities
From here, the range opens up dramatically, but it also only increases the doubts about the physical and mental consistency of those involved in the battle. Holger Rune It is the eighth classified, but it is immersed in a negative spiral of colossal dimensions. After his excellent first half of the year, no one could have foreseen such a collapse, which puts his presence in Turin in trouble. Very close you have Taylor Fritzwho wants to repeat his presence in the Masters tournament, in which he was already the protagonist last year. Casper Ruud y Hubert Hurkacz They are a little further away, but at a salvageable distance if they show good performances in the coming weeks, in which there will be many points at stake.
To think that Tommy Paul y Álex de Miñaur can be classified to ATP Finals 2023 you have to resort almost to a miracle, while the case of Ben Shelton He is special because, although he starts from even further back than his compatriot and the Australian, he transmits sensations of power and upward trend that do not make it so utopian to think that he could carry out a memorable upset. In any case, it seems very difficult for him to sustain this level over the next few weeks. In short, a Race ATP very hectic in which, above all, two places are still a total unknown and may fall to the player who manages to raise his level in the coming weeks.
This is how the ATP Race looks like on October 22, 2023
Novak Djokovic: 8,945 points
Carlos Alcaraz: 8,445 points
Daniil Medvedev: 6,935 points
Jannik Sinner: 4,945 points
Andrey Rublev: 4,275 points
Stefanos Tsitsipas: 3,705 points
Alexander Zverev: 3,415 points
Holger Rune: 3,110 points Taylor Fritz: 2,965 points Casper Ruud: 2,815 points Hubert Hurkacz: 2,775 points Tommy Paul: 2,595 points Álex de Minaur: 2,560 points Ben Shelton: 2,275 points
2023-10-22 13:01:33
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