There are now only two players left in contention for the last spot in the elite eight-man field in Turin—Auger-Aliassime, whose victory in Paris on Saturday moves him up from No. 9 to No. 8 in the Race to the ATP Finals with 3,845 points, and Lorenzo Musetti, who slips from No. 8 to No. 9 in the race standings with 3,685 points.
Musetti lost his opening match in Paris earlier in the week.
The two are both scheduled to play next week, the last week of tournaments that count in the race, Auger-Aliassime playing in Metz and Musetti in Athens. Those are both ATP 250 events.
But if the Canadian wins Paris on Sunday, he’ll have 4,195 points, which is well out of reach of anything the Italian can pick up next week, and thus securing the eighth and final spot in Turin.
More to come…
