After more than three hours of great tennis, in a football atmosphere in Turin, the Italian Janik Siner defeated the best player on the planet Novak Djokovic (7:5, 6:7, 7:6), reached "two out of two" at the Final Masters, but he still doesn't have a ticket for the semi-finals...
More precisely, the triumph of the boy from South Tyrol further complicated things in the green group, where Hubert Hurkač will have to step in for the last round, replacing the injured Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Before the last round, which will be played tomorrow and in which Đoković and Hurkač, or Siner and Holger Rune, will meet "eye to eye", all but the "substitute" from Poland can reach the semi-finals.
In fact, there are so many combinations that jargon-wise it may be necessary to use a calculator to decide who will continue to dream of the ATP Finals trophy.
All possible outcomes of the last round of the green group would thus be...
Any victory between Siner and Djokovic will lead these two tennis players further.
The Italian and the Serbian can move on even if Djokovic loses to Hurkač, but in that case it is necessary for Siner to defeat Rune. If the Dane happens to celebrate, then he and Siner would go further. All this means that with the victory of Hurkač, who plays in the daytime, Siner would be relaxed against Rune in the evening.
Djokovic could be eliminated even if he wins in three sets, if it happens that Rune defeats Siner.
If Djokovic wins in two sets, and Rune triumphs with the same result - the two of them go further.
In the end, if Djokovic wins in two sets, and Rune in three, then the game quotient decides, and Djokovic is a safe traveler to the semi-finals.
Green group, 3rd round
Thursday
14.30:XNUMX p.m. Djokovic - Hurkac
21.00 Siner - Runes
Red group, 2nd round
Today
14.30:XNUMX p.m. Alkaras - Rubljov
21.00:XNUMX Medvedev - Zverev
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