Digital Desk, Paris. Felix Agar-Aliassime and Andrei Rublev on Wednesday secured the remaining two spots in the singles field for the 2022 ATP Finals, which will be played at the Pala Alpitore in Turin from November 13 to 20. Four of this year’s singles competitors – Alcaraz, Nadal, Djokovic and Medvedev (who have reached No. 1 in the ATP rankings), Djokovic, Tsitsipas and Medvedev have previously won ATP Finals. Five-time champion Djokovic can match Roger Federer’s record of six season finals wins.
The year-end championship is also seeing an increasing number of rising stars, with six of the eight competitors aged 26 or younger, leaving only Djokovic and Nadal. All six of those players had earlier qualified for the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals.
Tsitsipas is the only player to have won the 21 and under season finale and the ATP Finals in back-to-back years (2018–2019). Alcaraz will try to match this feat this year. ATP President Andrea Gaudenzi said, “The remarkable achievements of the NITO ATP Finals this season have given them the opportunity to compete for their final title. For more than 50 years this special event has created unique and unforgettable experiences for millions of fans around the world.
We are thrilled to see the NITO ATP Finals continue their incredible story in Turin this season. Five of the eight doubles slots at the ATP Finals have also been secured. Wesley Koolhof/Neil Skupski, Rajiv Ram/Joe Salisbury, Marcelo Arevalo/Jean-Julien Roger, Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic and Thanasi Kokkinakis/Nick Kyrgios have qualified.
This year’s ATP Finals will offer a record prize purse of $14.75 million. If the champion in this year’s tournament wins the trophy without losing a match, he will earn more than $4.7 million, the largest prize money for an individual player in the history of tennis. This will be the second edition of ATP Finals in Turin. The draw will be held on Thursday 10 November.
Source: IANS
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