Djokovic gains ground as Mensik and Tiafoe stumble in ATP Finals race
Three places at the ATP Finals are already settled — Zverev, Alcaraz and Shelton — and the fight for the remaining five shifted this week after two contenders lost early. With Sinner out through a knee injury, the gap between fourth-placed Medvedev and 14th-placed Mensik is 1,256 points.
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Três vagas no ATP Finals já estão definidas — Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz e Ben Shelton —, e a briga pelas cinco restantes mudou de rumo nesta semana, depois de dois concorrentes perderem cedo.
Jannik Sinner é o segundo na corrida a Turim, mas encerrou sua temporada de 2026 antecipadamente por causa de uma lesão no joelho, e por isso não vai perseguir um terceiro título em casa. Com ele fora, a diferença entre Daniil Medvedev, agora quarto, e Jakub Mensik, 14º, é de 1.256 pontos.
As esperanças de Mensik sofreram o golpe mais pesado quando o qualifier Adrian Mannarino o eliminou na segunda rodada de Viena. Frances Tiafoe, oitavo, caiu no primeiro obstáculo do mesmo torneio para Lorenzo Musetti e pode deixar a zona de classificação conforme os jogadores abaixo dele seguem jogando.
Felix Auger-Aliassime e Alejandro Davidovich Fokina estão efetivamente fora, já que nenhum dos dois compete em Viena nem no Swiss Indoors, em Basileia, nesta semana.
Novak Djokovic segue vivo e recebeu ajuda do sorteio. Struff é seu adversário nas oitavas em Basileia, e com o nono cabeça de chave Casper Ruud eliminado na segunda rodada por Nuno Borges, abriu-se um caminho que passa pelo português — e possivelmente por Zverev na semifinal.
Medvedev enfrenta Cameron Norrie em Viena e pode encontrar Mannarino nas quartas. Flavio Cobolli, Arthur Fils, Rafael Jodar, Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz e Tommy Paul também seguem na disputa.
Os campeões desta semana somam 500 pontos e os vice-campeões 330. Na sequência vem o Masters de Paris, com 1.000 pontos para o campeão, 650 para o vice e 400 para os semifinalistas.
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