London, England) – One of the contenders for the last three places in the ATP Finals, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime took an important step towards the rankings for Turin with the conquest of the ATP 250 in Antwerp last weekend, thus opening a slightly greater advantage over other competitors.
The Canadian is currently in seventh place in the race of the season and closes the rankings list, as Serbian Novak Djokovic secures a place in the final even though he is currently in 10th place, it is because he has was a Grand Slam champion and therefore he only needs to stay in the top 20 to rank.
In addition to Djokovic, the Spaniards Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the Norwegian Casper Ruud are already insured. For the moment, the Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev as well as Aliassime would complete the list of finalists.
With last week’s title, the Canadian opened up 340 points ahead of first out of the rankings area, North American Taylor Fritz, who has Poland’s Huber Hurkacz close behind, 115 points behind. The other applicants are a little further back.
The Briton Cameron Norrie, 12th in the race of the season, still dreams of a place in Turin, the Italian Matteo Berrettini (13th), the Spaniard Pablo Carreño (14th), and the Italian Jannik Sinner (15th). All of the top 15 of the year are playing this week at the ATP 500 except for Djokovic and Germany’s Alexander Zverev, who won’t be back until 2023.
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