Corretja analyzes Carlos Alcaraz’s chances at the ATP Finals

Carlos Alcaraz will not exactly be one of the favorites to win the Nitto ATP Finals. The young Spanish champion still fails to express his best tennis in indoor conditions and was eliminated in the round of 16 at the Rolex Paris Masters last week, revealing great difficulties of adaptation to the surface. Carlos has been included in the ‘John Newcombe group’ along with Sascha Zverev, Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev, while in the ‘Ilie Nastase group’ there will be Sinner, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur.

It is rumored that the surface of Turin is slower than last year, but the 4-time Grand Slam champion will start a little behind Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev. The German player has overtaken the Spanish in the ATP ranking thanks to his triumph at Paris-Bercy, which guaranteed him to put on the bulletin board the seventh Masters 1000 of his career. The four-time Grand Slam champion wants to achieve a great result in the most important event of the ATP calendar and he practiced hard at the Ferrero Tennis Academy before reaching Turin, where he trained today with Zverev.

In 2022, Carlitos did not play the ATP Finals due to an abdominal injury suffered at Paris-Bercy, while last year he reached the semi-finals without expressing his best tennis. Last year, the 21-year-old from Murcia had raised his level as he passed through the matches but was literally smashed by Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.

Corretja believes in Alcaraz

There are no high expectations for Alcaraz in this edition of the Nitto ATP Finals, so the Spaniard will be able to play with less pressure than usual. The Finals could be important for the Spaniard to try to regain second place in the ATP ranking. At present, there are 505 points separating Sascha and Carlitos. The ATP Finals awarded 1500 points, so Alcaraz has a chance to overtake. However – if Zverev were to reach the final from unbeaten and gain 1000 points -…