Murcia, Jul 18 (EFE).- Carlos Alcaraz, with his victory in the Wimbledon tennis tournament, in addition to lifting his second Grand Slam title -before he won the United States Open in 2022- and confirming his leadership in the classification of the ATP, sealed the mathematical pass for the Masters Cup that will be held next November in the Italian city of Turin.
The young 20-year-old tennis player from Murcia will have the opportunity to debut at the Nitto ATP Finals, a tournament reserved for the eight best players on the circuit in the season and that he could not play last year, despite having a place in it as the first head series, due to an abdominal injury.
Now, when the first fortnight of July has barely elapsed, he becomes the first player to qualify for this prestigious event and will award up to 1,500 points to the champion if he is able to win his five games, the three in the knockout phase. groups plus the semifinal and the final.
The epic victory of the man from El Palmar against the Serbian Novak Djokovic in the final played at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London by 1-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6 and 6-4 brings, therefore, this other additional prize and Alcaraz will compete on Italian soil, specifically at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, from November 12 to 19.
“I am very happy to be able to play in Turin at the end of the year. It has been an objective for me since the beginning of the season, ”said the pupil of Juan Carlos Ferrero in statements to the ATP after confirming his access to the Masters Cup.
The Murcian, who reaches that goal several months in advance, has been resting at home since last night -he arrived at El Palmar after a quarter past eleven- although this week, on Thursday, he will travel to the French city of Nice, where he will represent Spain in the Hopman Cup, a mixed competition by country whose edition this year will be held from this Wednesday (for Spain from Friday) and until Sunday on the clay of the Nice Lawn Tennis Club.
Alcaraz will team up with Rebeka Masarova, the replacement for Paula Badosa, who is suffering from a back injury.
The Spanish team will debut on Friday against Belgium and on Saturday their rival will be Croatia.
Denmark, France and Switzerland will also compete on French soil.
The Belgians David Goffin and Elise Mertens, the Croatians Borna Coric and Donna Vekic, the Danes Holger Rune and Clara Tauson, the French Richard Gasquet and Alice Cornet and the Swiss Leandro Riedi and Celine Naef are registered.