Alexander Zverev and Holger Rune complete ATP Finals line up

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New Delhi In the singles field for the 2023 ATP Finals, Alexander Zverev and Holger Rune secured the final two spots for the Season Finals, which will be played at the Pala Alpitour in Turin from November 12-19.

Zverev and Rune join Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner, Andrei Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas in an eight-man field on Friday.

With both 20-year-old Alcaraz and Rune qualifying, two players 20-and-under will compete in the same ATP Finals for the first time since 2000, when 19-year-old Lleyton Hewitt and 20-year-old Marat Safin won in their debuts. Had made a place.

Four of these stars have already won the ATP Finals. Six-time champion Djokovic can end the year by breaking his tie with Roger Federer for most titles in the championship’s history (since 1970). Zverev won the title in 2018 and 2021, while Tsitsipas won as a 21-year-old in 2019, becoming the youngest tournament winner since 20-year-old Hewitt in 2001, and Medvedev won the trophy in 2020.

Djokovic, Alcaraz and Medvedev have reached No. 1 in the ATP rankings. The Serb takes the top spot to earn ATP year-end No. 1 honors.

If the 24-time Grand Slam winner achieves the feat for a record eighth time, he will reach 400 career weeks at world No. 1 on November 20, the day after the tournament ends. He will become the first player to reach this milestone.

The doubles area is also determined. Ivan Dodig/Austin Kryczek, Wesley Koolhof/Neil Skupski, Rohan Bopanna/Matthew Ebden, Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos, Santiago Gonzalez/Edward Roger-Vasselin, Rajeev Ram/Joe Salisbury, Maximo Gonzalez/Andres Molteni and Rinki Hijikata/Jason Kubler Pala Will compete for the title at the Alpitour.

This year’s ATP Finals will feature a record $15 million prize pool. If the champion in this year’s tournament wins the trophy without losing a match, he will earn more than $4.8 million, the largest prize money for an individual player in the history of tennis.

This will be the third edition of the ATP Finals in Turin. The draw is scheduled to take place on 9 November.

–IANS

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