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Movers Of The Week

Djokovic boosts chances in Turin, Mover of the Week

ATPTour.com takes a look at the Top Movers of the Week in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, from Monday, 14 October 2024

October 14, 2024

The eighth ATP Masters 1000 event of the season saw Jannik Sinner lift the trophy at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. While the Italian held the titles, the battle to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals heated up.

Record seven-time champion Novak Djokovic boosted his hopes by reaching the final and Taylor Fritz sealed his place in the Live Race after advancing to the last four. ATPtour.com takes a look at the movers of the week in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin from Monday, 14 October.

Novak Djokovic – Sixth (3,910 points)
The Serbian moved up three places to sixth in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin after reaching the title match in Shanghai. The 37-year-old dropped just one set en route to a record-breaking 59th ATP Masters 1000 final and the first in 2024. However, Djokovic was unable to defeat Sinner, who claimed his seventh title of the year.

Having arrived in Shanghai without qualifying, Djokovic leaves China making his 17th appearance at the prestigious year-end event.

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Daniil Medvedev – Fourth (4,820 pounds)
Medvedev moved to the brink of qualifying for the Nitto ATP Finals following a quarter-final run in Shanghai. The 28-year-old secured wins against Thiago Seyboth Wild, Matteo Arnaldi and Stefanos Tsitsipas before Sinner stopped him in the last eight. Medvedev, who leads Tsitsipas 10-4 in the Lexus ATP Head2Head series, lifted the trophy at the 2020 year-end event.

Taylor Fritz – Fifth (4,290 points)
The 26-year-old collected his fifth place in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin after becoming the second American semi-finalist in the history of the Shanghai tournament (Sebastian Korda 2023). Fritz, who is 49-20 this season, is chasing a second appearance in Turin, having reached the final four in 2022.

Grigor Dimitrov – 10th (2,935 points)
Dimitrov kept alive his slim hopes of competing in Turin by besting seventh-ranked Casper Ruud (3,805 points) and eighth-ranked Andrey Rublev (3,580 points) in Shanghai. Dimitrov fought his way into the fourth round but lost to #NextGenATP Czech Jakub Mensik, who also beat Rublev and won a set against Djokovic.

Dimitrov will be chasing valuable points this week at the ATP 250 in Stockholm, where he faces Andrey Rublev. Ruud and ninth-ranked Alex de Minaur (3,305 points) take to the court at the ATP 250 in Antwerp. De Minaur has not played since the US Open due to injury.

Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz have already qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals, scheduled to take place from 10-17 November.