Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz will finish this season as the best tennis player in the world, and he secured the final “number 1” by defeating the Italian Lorenzo Musetti 6-4, 6-1, thus winning the first place in the “Jimmy Connors” group at the ATP Finals in Turin.
It means a lot to me. It always is one of the goals I set for myself. At the beginning of the year, it seemed very far away. Jannik won almost all the tournaments he played in. From the middle of the season, I also started winning tournaments, stringing victories and getting closer to Jannik. We had a close fight at the end of the season and I’m so glad I made itAlcaraz said after securing the “number 1” at the end of the season for the second time in his career.
Tom also helped the Australian with his victory Alex de Minaur to advance to the semifinals as the runner-up in the group, thanks to his victory against Fritz in the last match, which is also his first victory in six matches played at the ATP Finals this year and last year.
He also had the opportunity to qualify for the semi-finals Musettiwho in case of victory over Alcaraz would win the first place in the group, thus pushing the Spaniard to his compatriot in the semi-finals Jannik Sinner who secured first place in the “Bjorn Borg” group before the last round. But Alcaraz did not allow such an outcome. For the fourth time this season and the seventh time in a row (7-1), he defeated Musetti, who came to the final tournament only after Novak Đoković withdrew.
Alcaraz qualified for the semi-finals repeated his best result at the ATP Finals, achieved two years ago. To reach the finals, he will play against the second-placed tennis player from the “Bjorn Borg” group, and that will be the winner of the duel between the German Alexander Zverev and the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, which is scheduled for Friday.
The first semi-final pair is familiar, consisting of last year’s ATP Finals winner Jannik Sinner and Alex de Minaur, who qualified for the knockout stage for the first time, after last year’s Turin performance ended with all three defeats.
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