Auger-Aliassime ramps up the pressure on Musetti in Turin battle following Brussels title
Felix Auger-Aliassime, Casper Ruud and Daniil Medvedev kept themselves in Nitto ATP Finals contention with title runs last week. ATPTour.com looks at the movers of the week in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin as of Monday 20 October.
Felix Auger-Aliassime – ninth (3,145 points), +1
The Canadian has climbed one spot and moved to within 340 points of eighth-placed Lorenzo Musetti following victory in Brussels. The 25-year-old defeated Jiri Lehecka to win the crown, with his wife Nina Ghaibi watching courtside. Auger-Aliassime next heads to Basel and is aiming to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals for the second time (2022).
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Casper Ruud – 11th (2,735)
Ruud remains 11th in the Live Race but has made ground on Musetti after winning the title in Stockholm. The 26-year-old is the first Norwegian to triumph at the ATP 250 and is now 37-14 on the year, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index.
Danii Medvedev – 13th (2,560)
Could the 29-year-old qualify for the year-end event for the seventh consecutive season? The 2020 Nitto ATP Finals champion kept himself in contention by winning his first title in 882 days in Almaty, where he beat Corentin Moutet in the final to improve to 2-1 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series. Medvedev will search for more precious points at the ATP 500 in Vienna this week.
Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic have already qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals, taking place from 9-16 November at Inalpi Arena in Turin.
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