With three weeks to go in tennis’ regular season, half of the eight spots in the year-end championship are still available. Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, and Daniil Medvedev have punched their tickets to the Nitto ATP Finals. Everyone else on the ATP Tour is still hunting for much-needed points.
In that effort, a very important week is underway in Basel and Vienna. Both tournaments award 500 ranking points to the champions, so big moves can be made in the race to Turin.
At the Swiss Indoors Basel, top two seeds Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud are in the best position to qualify for the Turin festivities. Rublev is clinging to the all-important No. 8 spot in the race, while Ruud is seventh. They trail No. 5 Taylor Fritz and No. 6 Novak Djokovic but find themselves ahead of outsiders Alex de Minaur, Tommy Paul, Grigor Dimitrov, and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Rublev, the No. 1 seed in Basel, went into the tournament as the oddsmakers favorite. Ugo Humbert, Ben Shelton, Holger Rune, and two-time defending champion Felix Auger-Aliassime are the other top choices to take the title. You can find the best sportsbooks to make your tennis picks at Aviator Betway, where you can also play various slot games.
At the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, De Minaur, Paul, and Dimitrov are all hoping to improve their standing for Nitto ATP Finals qualification. De Minaur added to his point total by beating Jan-Lennard Struff on Tuesday. Paul, who beat Dimitrov in last week’s Stockholm final, will kick off his campaign against Brandon Nakashima on Wednesday. Dimitrov awaits Zhizhen Zhang as first-round action wraps up on Wednesday.
Zverev is the No. 1 seed and a heavy favorite to lift the trophy in Vienna.
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