These Finals are regarded by the Top tournament played in any given year, They regard it as more important than the Grand Slam tournaments and they work very hard to ensure being one of the Top 8 point earners in the year that would be allowed to play in Turin.
The present 10 ten players that could qualify for the 8 positions are as follows:-
The Singles Race to Turin
1 Novak Djokovic 8945
2 Carlos Alcaraz 8445
3 Danill Medvedev 6935 *
4 Jannik Sinner 4990 *
5 Andrey Rublev 4320 *
6 Stefanos Tsitsipas 3785 *
7 Alexander Zverev 3460 *
8 Holger Rune 3190 *
9 Taylor Fritz 3055
10 Hubert Hurkacz 2855 *
10 Casper Ruud 2815
Of the above - the top five playes have already qualified to play in Turin - the other 3 positions are still up for grabs-in the following remaining tournaments to be played :over the next month-
23 to 29 October 2023
ATP 500 Vienna Open
ATP 500 Swiss Open (Basel)
30 October to 5 November 2023
APT 1000 Paris Masters Open
6 to 11 November 2023
ATP 250 Moselle Open
Discussion of Potrntial Participants aimed at getting into the Championship
Fritz - who won in the Japan Open in 2022 - is definitely going to play in the Japan Open. He is likely to be joined by Ruud and Rune in that tournament. It is unlikely that any of the other players will play in the 2 APT 250 tournaments.
The top 10 players is likely to split between the two APT 500 tournaments in Basel and Vienna. Rublev - a previous winner - is a definite to play in Vienna. It is not impossible that Djokovic will play in one of the 2 tournaments to warm up for the Paris Masters event since it is not necessary for him to get extra points to qualify for the Championship. He can use a touanment he play in as a warm-up to the Paris Masters. He did not have a warm-up game in 2022 rand went out of the Paris Masters in the first Round he played in.
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