Novak Djokovic has been successful in fending off the emergence of the “Next Gen” players, such as Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Daniil Medvedev, and preventing them from winning major titles. However, this year’s ATP Finals will see Djokovic competing alongside Carlos Alcaraz, a 20-year-old player who has already achieved significant success by winning the U.S. Open and Wimbledon titles.
This will be Alcaraz’s debut at the season-ending tournament for the year’s top eight players, as he missed the event last year due to an injury.
Jannik Sinner, 22 years old, has been in great form recently after winning titles in China and Vienna.
He will be playing in front of his home crowd and is currently ranked a career-high No. 4. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Holger Rune, who has beaten Djokovic twice before, will face the 24-time Grand Slam champion in the featured match when the tournament opens on Sunday.
Djokovic, who is 36 years old, acknowledged the age difference between himself and the younger players, saying that competing with them motivates him to play his best tennis. Djokovic has been in excellent form recently, with an 18-match winning streak, and he only needs one more win to secure the year-end No. 1 ranking for a record-extending eighth time.
Novak Djokovic is set to face Holger Rune again, just nine days after their intense match at the Paris Masters quarterfinals. Rune had previously defeated Djokovic in the final of the same tournament a year ago.
Their matches have always been tough and none of them have been settled in straight sets. Djokovic even compared facing Rune to looking in a mirror, as their playing styles are quite similar.
Rune, who now has Boris Becker, one of Djokovic’s former coaches, in his corner, emphasized the importance of fighting until the very end in tennis matches. Djokovic expects yet another closely contested match against Rune.
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