ATP Vienna 2022, with Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini present. Medvedev and Tsitsipas the favorites, Alcaraz – OA Sport absent
From 24 to 30 October one of the most anticipated and important tournaments of the indoor tennis season will be stagedthat is to say the ATP500 in Vienna. The event on the Austrian hard has often involved the greatest players of the circuit and this year there is no exception.
The first two seeds will be the Russian Daniel Medvedev and the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas which therefore could meet in a possible Final where the title will be at stake. Both come from a season that, after the Australian Open, was not as sparkling as it would have been, considering the lead in the standings lost by Medvedev and expecting an advantage. Carlos Alcaraz.
Alcaraz, semifinalist last year, who will not be there. Evidently, the young Iberian (n.1 in the world) has decided to favor the Paris-Bercy tournament and not to be at the starting line as the n.2 in the ranking, Casper Ruud. The absences of the Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Serbian Novak Djokovic were expected, while they will answer present Jannik Sinner and Matteo Berrettini.
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The two blues, looking for points for one difficult qualification for the ATP finals, to go as far as possible to still have hope. Sinner and Berrettini who in 2021 passed the semifinals and quarter-finals respectively of this, being defeated by the American Frances Tiafoe and the aforementioned Carlos Alcaraz.
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