PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin
Rublev & Alcaraz’s Stay Race alternative in Beijing
Sinner might lengthen lead
September 29, 2024
Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour
Andrey Rublev is attempting to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals for the fifth consecutive season.
By ATP Employees
Andrey Rublev has an enormous alternative to make a transfer within the PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin this week on the China Open in Beijing and enhance his probabilities of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals for the fifth consecutive season.
Getting into his second-round match on Monday in opposition to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Rublev is seventh within the Stay Race. By Wednesday, the 26-year-old might climb to fifth.
Since fifth-placed Taylor Fritz and sixth-placed Casper Ruud misplaced early this week in Tokyo on the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships, Rublev might make up floor on his rivals.
Rublev would move Ruud for sixth by reaching the Beijing closing (3,810 factors) and Fritz for fifth by lifting the trophy (3,980 factors). He might play two matches Monday, needing to finish his match in opposition to Davidovich Fokina with in-form Chinese language participant Buyunchaokete ready within the quarter-finals.
PIF ATP Stay Race To Turin (as of 29 September)
Third-placed Carlos Alcaraz has moved inside simply 5 factors of second-placed Alexander Zverev within the Stay Race by advancing to the Beijing quarter-finals. He would transfer forward of the German with a win within the final eight in opposition to seventh seed Karen Khachanov.
Each males are far behind first-placed Jannik Sinner, who’s in good place to earn ATP 12 months-Finish No. 1 introduced by PIF honours. The Italian might additional cement his standing by claiming an ATP Tour-leading seventh title of the season.
Sinner, Zverev and Alcaraz are the one males who’ve certified for the season finale to this point. The Nitto ATP Finals will probably be held at Inalpi Area in Turin from 10-17 November.
Fourth-placed Daniil Medvedev is subsequent in line to qualify and is in good place to earn his place on the year-end championships for the sixth straight season. Like Sinner and Alcaraz, he’s within the Beijing quarter-finals.