In the last edition of the ATP Finals, an event occurred that had only occurred twice before, in 2019 and 2021: the eight participants were from the old continent.
The American Taylor Fritz and the Australian Alex de Minaur They have prevented Europe from once again taking over the entire poster of the tournament reserved for the best of the season. Fritz and De Minaur accompany the Italian Jannik Sinner, German Alexander Zverev, Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev and Norwegian Casper Ruud. The two reserves were also born in the old continent: the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
For the first time since 2001in Sydney and with Juan Carlos Ferrerocurrent coach of Alcaraz among the participants, that a member of the ‘Big Three’ was not missing the appointment.
Nalbandian, the last
With Roger Federer, retired, and Rafael Nadal in a hanging-up-racquet tournamentNovak Djokovic resigned from the event despite occupying sixth position in Race 2024. To find the last time a non-European men’s Masters champion We have to go back to 2005 with the Argentine David Nalbandian.
