Despite the defeat in the final with the 165 points conquered in Chengdu, Lorenzo went up to 3235 points, seventh place in the standings. The Tuscan has thus overcome the Australian Alex de Minaur, but he still must pay attention and not give up. That’s why
Still dry of titles but the final in Chengdu’s ATP 250, lost against Tabilo, still approached the Turin Finals. With the 165 points taken on Chinese land, Lorenzo Musetti went up to 3235 points, seventh place in the race, thus overcoming the Australian Alex de Minaur, engaged last weekend in the Laver Cup in San Francisco. Event, this conceived by Roger Federer, very beautiful and intriguing but who does not assign points. So, in fact, it is as if De Minaur had not played, staying stopped at 3145. With many thanks from Musetti, who now tries the decisive extension to participate in Turin.
booty to defend
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Considering that the ninth in the ranking, Jack Draper, has already concluded the season well in advance due to an injury in his arm, at this point the blue finds himself a loot more than conspicuous to defend in the last part of the season, 530 points against the first excluded from the ATP Finals, or Félix Auger-Aliassime. Be careful though, because the Canadian on concrete has shown that he is very fit (semi -finalist to the US Open, defeated by Jannik Sinner) and therefore the advantage is there but it is not yet so reassuring to pull the oars on the boat. The others are even more distant, with Andrey Rublev, number 11, 735 points behind, but watch out for Aleksandr Bublik, in the most form, number 12 and 775 points away from Lorenzo.
And djoko?
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Then there is the unknown Novak Djokovic, third in the race and almost safe already of a place in Piedmont: the Serbian had said that after New York, he would only play “his” Athens tournament, but now he has announced the participation in the 1000 of Shanghai. Are you sure that the appointment with the Finals will skip the appointment for the second year in a row? It is difficult to say, with Nole, but Musetti must not think of the event that in the event of a flat rate of the former number 1 in the world there will be an extra place: it can, and must, regardless of this. The road, with two 1000 and at least one 500 to play each, is still long.
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