Race in Milan: more and more Italy in the top 20
Luciano Darderi ITA, 14.02.2002
Another young Italian enters the top twenty positions of the Pepperstone ATP Race to Milan, the seasonal ranking of Under 21 tennis players that will decide the eight players qualified for the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals, an event that will be staged at the Allianz Cloud in Milan from 8 to 12 November. Matteo Arnaldi, thanks to the points won with the final reached at the Challenger in San Marino, is positioned in 16th place, bringing the total of Italians in the top twenty to nine
The positions of the other Azzurri remain unchanged in the race for Milan. Behind the leader Carlos Alcaraz are stable in second place Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti in third. Francesco Passaro closes the top 10, also in the same position as last week, as Giulio Zeppieri (12), Flavio Cobolli (13) and Luca Nardi (14) and Francesco Maestrelli (15). After the new Arnaldi in sixteenth place, the top20 is closed by Luciano Darderi.
The only significant move in this week’s Race is the overtaking by the British Jack Draper thanks to the quarter-finals at the Masters 1000 in Montreal against Czech Jiri Lehecka, overtaken in fifth place. The Australian Rinky Hijikata also climbs positions: +3 for him this week.
PEPPERSTONE RUN IN MILAN (15-08-2022)
1. Carlos Alcaraz (19 years old, ESP) – 4,290 points
2. Jannik Sinner (20, ITA) -1.780
3. Lorenzo Musetti (20, ITA) – 1.176
4. Runa Holger (19, DEN) – 1053
5. Jack Draper (20, GBR) – 790
6. Jiri Lehecka (20, CZE) – 592
7. Brandon Nakashima (20, USA) – 502
8. Chun Hsin Tseng (20, TPE) – 439
9. Dominic Stricker (19, SUI) – 374
10. Francesco Passaro (21, ITA) – 365
11. Filip Misolic (20, AUT) – 316
12. Giulio Zeppieri (20, ITA) – 285
13. Flavio Cobolli (20, ITA) – 261
14. Luca Nardi (18, ITA) – 234
15. Francesco Maestrelli (19, ITA) – 233
16. Matteo Arnaldi (21, ITA) – 231
17. Rinky Hijikata (21, Australia) – 209
18. Emilio Nava (20, USA) – 207
19. Dalibor Svrcina (19, CZE) – 205
20. Luciano Darderi (20, ITA) – 205