By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Sunday October 22, 2023
With three weeks to go till this 12 months’s ATP Finals at Turin, 4 spots stay up for grabs within the race.
That race will warmth up on the ATP 500 occasion in Vienna, the place Andrey Rublev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev look to lock down their spots because the No.5, No.6 and No.7 gamers within the race as of Sunday.
A star-studded draw is headlined by defending champion Daniil Medvedev, who will face gifted Frenchman within the first spherical. The No.2 seed, Italy’s Jannik Sinner, additionally has a troublesome highway forward. He’ll face final week’s Tokyo title winner Ben Shelton.
Medvedev, who owns 20 ATP title, has by no means received the identical title twice. The 27-year-old World No.3, who defeated Denis Shapovalov within the last final 12 months, hopes to vary that statistical aberration this week.
Medvedev and Sinner are already safe of their Turin {qualifications} (together with Djokovic and Alcaraz), so the strain will likely be on the others.
Rublev, seeded third, will face Alexei Popyrin within the first spherical and will face No.5-seeded Alexander Zverev in a vital showdown within the quarterfinals.
Tsitsipas, seeded fourth, faces wild card Dominic Thiem in his opener. He might face Tommy Paul within the quarterfinals.
First spherical Vienna:
Medvedev v Fils
Sinner v Shelton
Tsitsipas v Thiem
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