Daniil Medvedev Extends Live Race Lead With Rome Title | ATP Tour

Daniil Medvedev leaves Rome with a wholesome lead within the Pepperstone ATP Stay Race To Turin after claiming his first clay-court title on the ATP Tour.

The 27-year-old, who handed Carlos Alcaraz within the Stay Race when he reached the Internazionali BNL d’Italia quarter-finals, now leads the 20-year-old Spaniard by 845 factors. Medvedev is 1,555 factors forward of third-placed Novak Djokovic.

Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin (after Rome)

The Rome champion has made an early assertion within the battle for year-end ATP No. 1 introduced by Pepperstone, which he’s attempting to say for the primary time. Medvedev ascended to World No. 1 final 12 months, however he has not but claimed year-end No. 1 honours.

Alcaraz turned the youngest year-end No. 1 final 12 months aged 19. Now 20, he’s as soon as once more within the warmth of the battle, as is Djokovic, who holds the document of year-end No. 1 finishes with seven.

Of the Prime 8 gamers within the Stay Race, six of them competed in final 12 months’s Nitto ATP Finals. Fourth-placed Stefanos Tsitsipas, sixth-placed Andrey Rublev and eighth-placed Taylor Fritz performed on the Pala Alpitour final November.

Fifth-placed Jannik Sinner competed within the season finale as an alternate in 2021 and seventh-placed Holger Rune was an alternate final 12 months. Rune climbed two locations throughout the season’s ultimate clay-court Masters 1000 occasion by advancing to the ultimate. The 20-year-old is attempting to earn his place within the Nitto ATP Finals for the primary time.

There are 4 gamers inside 595 factors of Fritz, who at the moment holds the ultimate qualifying spot for the year-end championships. These gamers are Karen Khachanov, Cameron Norrie, Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe. From that group, solely Norrie has beforehand performed a match on the season finale.

Casper Ruud, who reached the championship match in Turin final 12 months, surged 9 locations to fifteenth within the Stay Race by advancing to the Rome semi-finals. The Norwegian is attempting to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals for the third consecutive 12 months.

A lot can change within the coming weeks, with ATP 250 occasions this week in Geneva and Lyon forward of Roland Garros, the place one participant will earn 2,000 factors. This 12 months’s season finale will likely be held from 12-19 November in Turin on the Pala Alpitour.