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Djokovic continues with a relentless walk and is in the semis of the ATP Finals

Djokovic continues with a relentless walk and is in the semis of the ATP Finals

“Nole”, former number one and currently ranked 8th in the world ranking, prevailed over Rublev (7) in 1 hour and 9 minutes of play, and secured a pass to the semifinals at the Masters, the final tournament of the season , where he will seek the sixth title of his career in said competition.

Djokovic had won the first date of the Red Group against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (3) 6-4 and 7-6 (4), and on Friday he will complete the group stage against the Russian Daniil Medvedev (5).

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The Serbian, who played few tournaments this year because he was not vaccinated against the coronavirus, received good news this week about the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open.

After being deported in January 2022 for failing to meet entry requirements in the context of the pandemic, the Australian authorities would lift the entry ban so that the tennis player can play in Melbourne in 2023.

Meanwhile, in the second match of the day at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, the Greek Tsitsipas beat the Russian Medvedev 6-3, 6-7 (11) and 7-6 (1), who was eliminated from the tournament after 2 hours and 24 minutes of the game.

Tsitsipas will play the ticket to the semifinal of the ATP Finals on Friday in the match against the Russian Rublev, a match in which it will be defined who will accompany Djokovic to the semifinals.

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In the Green Group, the Norwegian Casper Ruud (4) is the first semifinalist of the contest, while the Spanish Rafael Nadal (2) has already run out of chances to advance.

This group will be completed on Thursday with the matches between the Norwegian Ruud against the Spanish Nadal, in the first turn, and the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime against the American Taylor Fritz, in the second match of the day, in which the companion will start from Ruud to the semifinals.

Source: Ambito

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