2023 ATP Finals: How does Hubert Hurkacz’s Shanghai win affect Holger Rune and company?
The scramble for the final four remaining places at the 2023 ATP Finals has intensified following Hubert Hurkacz’s win over Andrey Rublev in the Shanghai Masters final.
Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Jannik Sinner have already booked their tickets to the season-ending tournament in Turin, but a host of players are still battling it out for the final spots.
Although Rublev lost the penultimate ATP Masters 1000 final of the 2023 campaign, his run in Asia has all but secured his place in the ATP Finals as he picked up 600 points to move to 4,275 points for a healthy 1,310 advantage over Taylor Fritz – who is currently just outside the top-eight places.
Rublev is next set to appear at the Vienna Open (October 23) before he completes his regular ATP season at the Paris Masters from October 30. The Russian will hope to book his fourth appearance at the ATP Finals with solid runs in Austria and Paris-Bercy.
But there is big dogfight behind Rublev for the final three spots and, with Hurkacz picking up 1,000 points on Sunday after winning his second ATP Masters 1000 final title, it means the Pole is also back in contention after appearing to be out of the running a week ago.
ATP Live Race To Turin
5. Andrey Rublev 4,275 points
6. Stefanos Tsitsipas 3,615
7. Alexander Zverev 3,415
8. Holger Rune 3,110
9. Taylor Fritz 2,965
10. Casper Ruud 2,795
11. Hubert Hurkacz 2,775
12. Tommy Paul 2,525
13. Alex de Minaur 2,515
14. Karen Khachanov 2,205
15. Frances Tiafoe 2,175
16. Grigor Dimitrov 1,970
17. Cameron Norrie 1,905
18. Ben Shelton 1,785
19. Nicolas Jarry 1,720
20. Francisco Cerundolo 1,670
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev have a small buffer to ninth-placed Fritz as the former is 650 points ahead of the American while the Zverev’s lead is 450 points.
Greek Tsitsipas will look to move closer to qualification this week as he headlines the ATP 250 European Open entry list in Antwerp along with Sinner and Grigor Dimitrov.
Zverev, Fritz and Casper Ruud, Frances Tiafoe, Alex de Minaur and Tommy Paul will all be in action at the Japan Open where 500 points are an offer to the winner.
Rune, meanwhile, is now in real danger with his lead over Fritz just 145 points while Ruud, Hurkacz and Paul are also putting big pressure on the Dane.
The 20-year-old, who is hoping to qualify for the ATP Finals for the first time in his career, will feature at the ATP 250 Stockholm Open this week and will hope to get back on track following a poor run of form that has seen him win just one match since Wimbledon.
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