There are only a few weeks left, but there is great anticipation for the ATP Finals in Turin, the last big tennis event of this extraordinary 2022. It will be a great opportunity to see the clash between the titans of tennis (and the big three) Novak Djokovic and world number one and new world tennis talent Rafael Nadal at work for the first time.
There is great expectation and especially Rafael Nadal, after a high-level 2022 (which gave him the joy of being a father), will try to win one of the few tournaments that are missing from his unlimited track record. It will be a special edition, but without a doubt very rich, with the eight best tennis players of the season.
Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas have already qualified for the tournament, Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev have been left out, while there is a lot of competition for the last available place with Taylor Fritz.
, Felix Auger Aliassime and Hubert Hurkacz in first position. There will almost certainly be no Italians in the tournament, as Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner are a long way from the top of the race and will almost certainly miss out on the matches that count, thus missing out on a huge opportunity.
Instead, there will be more opportunities in the doubles, where Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolelli will play until the end. For the ATP Finals in Turin, the organization has made available a rich prize pool and the eventual winner of the tournament has the possibility of becoming the tennis player capable of the “richest” victory in the history of tennis.
Whoever wins in Turin, taking only wins and no losses even in the Round Robin, will win an incredible amount of 4.74 billion dollars, a sum never won by a tennis player in the history of the sport.
Djokovic has had a difficult season
Novak Djokovic is known for his extraordinary mental strength, something that has helped establish him as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
“I think it has a lot to do with the environment I grew up in. As I have told before, I grew up in the 90’s in Serbia, with wars, sanctions and difficult times to live. My parents suffered a lot just to be able to eat.
I have been lucky to belong to this sport, which is not cheap. I fell in love with tennis and my parents helped me, even though it was extremely difficult for them,”Djokovic was quoted as saying by Punto de Break.
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