De Minaur to return to Nitto ATP Finals for second consecutive season
Alex de Minaur has qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals for the second consecutive season.
The 26-year-old guaranteed his spot at the season finale in Turin when he reached the Rolex Paris Masters quarter-finals on Thursday.
Before De Minaur qualified last year, the most recent Australian who played in the tournament was Lleyton Hewitt in 2004. Now De Minaur is returning to compete at Inalpi Arena for the second time.
The seventh Turin qualifier won the third ATP 500 of his career this year in Washington, where he saved three championship points in a dramatic final against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
De Minaur also made the final in Rotterdam and semi-finals in Monte-Carlo, Beijing and Vienna. He earned the 300th tour-level victory of his career in Vienna.
The Australian leads the ATP Tour in hard-court wins with 42 as of his third-round victory against Karen Khachanov in Paris.
Only one spot remains at the year-end championships, with Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Novak Djokovic, Ben Shelton and Taylor Fritz already qualified. Lorenzo Musetti is currently eighth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, with Felix Auger-Aliassime 290 points behind. The Canadian is into the Paris quarter-finals.
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