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Fils faces powerful group in Jeddah
Draw for 20-and-under occasion befell Sunday in Jeddah
December 15, 2024
ATP
The teams are set for the 2024 Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF.
By Sam Jacot
The world’s main 20-and-under gamers realized their group destiny for the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF on Sunday night, when the official draw was performed in Jeddah.
Arthur Fils, a three-time ATP Tour titlist, is the highest seed and leads Blue Group. The 20-year-old Frenchman shall be joined by Jakub Mensik, Learner Tien and Joao Fonseca. Alex Michelsen is the second seed on the year-end occasion and heads Crimson Group, which may even characteristic Shang Juncheng, Luca Van Assche and Nishesh Basavareddy.
At No. 20 within the PIF ATP Rankings, Fils comes into the event because the sturdy favorite and with a a lot larger rating than Blue group rivals Mensik (48), Tien (122) and Fonseca (145). However Fils is predicted to face a tricky time in his group. He suffered a 6-0, 6-4 defeat to Fonseca in Rio de Janeiro earlier this yr. Mensik has one of the explosive and harmful video games of any participant on the event , having earned 4 High 10 wins in 2024 and Tien is available in with sizzling type, successful three Challenger Tour titles this season.
Michelsen (41) and Shang (50) each sit contained in the High 50 within the PIF ATP Rankings. They’ve by no means confronted off however will fancy their possibilities of advancing to the semi-finals, ranked greater than 70 locations above Van Assche and Basavareddy. Shang gained his maiden ATP Tour title in Chengdu in September, whereas Michelsen reached finals in Newport and Winston-Salem in 2024.
Van Assche, at the moment No. 128 within the PIF ATP Rankings, and World No. 138 Basavareddy make up Crimson Group. Van Assche reached the third spherical on the Australian Open in January, whereas Basavareddy has lifted two ATP Challenger Tour trophies since October.
The Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF begins on Wednesday, with the ultimate on Sunday twenty second December. The round-robin stage shall be held from Wednesday to Friday, with the semi-finals on Saturday. The title match will happen at 8 p.m. native time (6 p.m. CET) on Sunday twenty second.
Hyeon Chung, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Brandon Nakashima and Hamad Medjedovic have all triumphed on the occasion.
Blue Group: Arthur Fils (1), Jakub Mensik (3), Learner Tien (5), Joao Fonseca (8).
Crimson Group: Alex Michelsen (2), Shang Juncheng (4), Luca Van Assche (6), Nishesh Basavareddy (7).
