Carlos Alcaraz is already in Turin testing the court of the Inalpi Arena, venue where the Masters Cup is held (from November 10 to 17), this exclusive tournament in which the eight best of the course appear and which, in this edition, has been Novak Djokovic dropped at the last minute due to injury.
The Spaniard comes with energy and good tennis, with a good taste in his mouth from the last few months of the course despite falling in the round of 16 of the Paris-Bercy Masters 1,000 against Ugo Humbert, just a week ago. The Murcian prefers to focus on the fact that he was champion in Beijing and that the tournament draw will begin to roll in the group stage with Casper Ruud, Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev.
This is what the draw held in Turin this Thursday at noon has revealed, which also establishes that he will not have to face Jannik Sinner until a possible semi-finals. Although these ATP Finals always prevent the 1 and 2 in the world from being able to get together at the first opportunity in the group draw, his recent defeat in Paris had dropped him to third position, in favor of Zverev, so it was possible a meeting between the Spanish and the Italian that could derail a dream tournament finale, with the two best of the course facing each other.
Until he gets there, Alcaraz will have to face acclimatization to another fast track, very fast as he confirmed last year, in his first appearance, and indoors, which is one of the scenarios that, by numbers, is the worst for the Murcian. . But he has shown that he is eager to capture this tournament in which only one Spaniard has triumphed, Álex Corretja, in 1998.
In addition, the rivals, of course, there will not be any with the last name Nadal, Federer or Djokovic for the first time since 2001. Instead, the Murcian begins the tournament against Ruud, on Monday, November 11, no earlier than 2:00 p.m. Afterwards, Rublev and Zverev, the most difficult a priori of the three, winner in Paris recently, will be the opponents with whom he will try to qualify for the semifinal, in which he could already meet Sinner.
In the other group, Sinner will play, a firm number 1 but who is still haunted by the shadow of suspicion due to the positive test in March and the subsequent investigation, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz and Alex de Miñaur.
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