Alex de Minaur withdraws from the Belgrade Open the moment Novak Djokovic pulls out of the ATP Finals, locking de Minaur in as the first Australian at the year-end event since 2004.
Alex de Minaur has officially reached the ATP Finals after world number six Novak Djokovic withdraws from the Turin event.
The Australian number one finally got the good news when Novak Djokovic's announcement that he was withdrawing from next week's showpiece ensured de Minaur and his rivals for the last spot, Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud, were all guaranteed the last three places in the eight-man tournament at the Inalpi Arena.
There will be, of course, no easy matches for the world number eight with Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Taylor Fritz making up the rest of the field. Aryna Sabalenka, unbeaten through two matches against Zheng Qinwen and Jasmine Paolini, secured the year-end women's world number one ranking after American Coco Gauff beat defending champion Iga Świątek 6-3, 6-4."Even when I was playing a little bit sloppy, the games were still going to deuce."
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