Three days after the first challenges that will kick off the 2nd Turin edition of the Nitto Atp Finals, the ceiling of tickets sold compared to last year has already been broken, when fighting for the title of 'maestro among the masters' is they were also Berrettini and Sinner home champions.
To announce that "we have already sold over 140 thousand tickets, a third of which abroad, in 88 countries, and we aim to reach 150 thousand" is the president of Federtennis, Angelo Binaghi, today at the Intesa Sanpaolo skyscraper, in the draw for the two groups Italian style.
It will not be possible to see immediately the clash between the two most anticipated big names, the world number 2 Rafael Nadal and the Serbian champion Novak Djokovic, drawn into different groups.
The Spaniard is in fact seeded in the Green Group where he will meet the Norwegian Casper Ruud and the two new entries of the tournament, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz, entered among the 8 after the retirement due to injury of the number 1 in the world ranking, Carlos Alcaraz .
Instead, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas leads the Red Group where the two Russians Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev are present, as well as 'Nole' Djokovic.
Challenges that make the ATP president Andrea Gaudenzi say that "from a sporting point of view it will be an exceptional edition, a clash between the titans and 6 guys coming from the Next Gen. The Nitto Atp Finals are the celebration of the best of the best in our sport" .
Sport Minister Andrea Abodi underlines that in tennis there is "a close relationship between present and future and this event, as the Intesa Sanpaolo Next Generation Atp Finals are a concrete example".
The president and CEO of Sport and Health, Vito Cozzoli, highlights the value of "
