Hubert Hurkacz recorded his 40th tour-level win of the season on Tuesday when he moved past Serbian Dusan Lajovic 7-6(2), 6-3 to reach the second round on his debut at the Swiss Indoors Basel.

The 26-year-old fired 18 aces, won 80 per cent (41/51) of his first-serve points and broke Lajovic’s serve three times to become the first Polish man to earn 40 tour-level wins in consecutive years since Wojtek Fibak in 1981-82.

With his victory, Hurkacz has boosted his Nitto ATP Finals qualification hopes. The Pole is currently 11th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, 300 points behind Holger Rune, who occupies the final qualification spot in eighth.

Earlier this month Hurkacz moved himself into qualification contention for the prestigious year-end event when he won his second ATP Masters 1000 crown in Shanghai, gaining 1,000 points.

Aiming to close the gap to those above him this week at the ATP 500 event in Basel, Hurkacz will next play German Jan-Lennard Struff.

A touch of brilliance at the net: Part 2️⃣

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Alex de Minaur is also aiming to compete at the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held from 12-19th November. The Australian increased his slim chances with a 6-4, 6-4 win against Diego Schwartzman to improve to 3-0 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series.

De Minaur, who also defeated Schwartzman in Tokyo last week, is 12th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, 190 points behind 11th-placed Hurkacz. The 24-year-old could rise to 10th this week if he wins his second title of the season and his direct rivals fall early.

De Minaur next plays Tallon Griekspoor after the Dutchman beat Brazilian lucky loser Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-3.

Earlier, #NextGenATP Swiss Dominic Stricker maintained his impressive form on home soil when he defeated qualifier Benjamin Hassan 7-6(2), 6-2.

The 21-year-old owns a 5-1 record in first-round tour-level matches in Switzerland, having defeated Maxime Cressy in his opening match at the ATP 500 last year. He will next meet second seed Casper Ruud or Antwerp champion Alexander Bublik.

Stricker, who advanced to the fourth round at the US Open, is up one place to seventh in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Jeddah. The lefty is trying to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals for the second consecutive year, after reaching the semi-finals in 2022.

Nobody has won more ATP Challenger Tour titles this season than Mariano Navone. The Argentine claimed his fifth title of the year at that level this past weekend when he captured the AAT Challenger Santa Fe 2 on home soil.

The 22-year-old, who is one of four Challenger champions this past week, defeated Italian Andrea Pellegrino 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the final. Now at a career-high No. 127 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, Navone has won 15 of his past 16 matches on the ATP Challenger Tour, including two consecutive titles after winning in Buenos Aires the week prior to Santa Fe.

“In May of last year I was losing in the first round of an M15 and today I have won five Challengers,” Navone said in Spanish. “To that kid I would tell him to be calm, that good things are going to come. At that moment it was difficult, but now we have to continue, finish the [season] as high as possible.”

Navone is the sixth player with at least five Challenger titles in a season this past decade, joining Facundo Bagnis, Filip Krajinovic, Tallon Griekspoor, Sebastian Baez and Benjamin Bonzi. Navone is the fifth Argentine in ATP Challenger Tour history (since 1978) to collect five Challenger titles in a season.

In other action, Frenchman Kyrian Jacquet claimed his maiden ATP Challenger Tour title at the Olbia Challenger in Italy. The 22-year-old won seven matches in eight days as he advanced through qualifying en route to being crowned champion. Jacquet downed #NextGenATP star Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 6-4 in the final.

“It feels amazing. It was a tough week. I’m really happy about this win because now I’m in [good position for] Australian Open qualifying,” Jacquet said. “It was a long, hard week. Emotionally it was really tough. It was hard from the beginning to the end, but I never gave up and now I have the title.”

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Players from France have combined for a record-breaking 26 ATP Challenger Tour trophies this year, with the Lyon-native Jacquet becoming the 18th different champion from his country this season.

Following his triumph, Jacquet soared 101 spots to a career-high No. 201 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.

Cobolli, who won the Lisbon Challenger earlier this month, cracked the Top 100 for the first time Monday following his finalist finish in Olbia. The 21-year-old is also eighth in the Pepperstone ATP Race to Jeddah as he aims for his maiden qualification into the Next Gen ATP Finals.

Australian James Duckworth collected his first ATP Challenger Tour since 2021 by winning the Shenzhen Luohu Challenger, where he cruised past 19-year-old Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-0, 6-1 in the final. Despite falling short in three Challenger finals in 2023, the 31-year-old Duckworth produced a high level to capture his 13th ATP Challenger Tour crown.

“Really happy to get through and get the win this week,” Duckworth said. “I had a couple of losses in finals this year that were pretty tough and I’m happy to win this one. I thought I played really well the last three matches. I was really focussed and locked in.”

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Illya Marchenko won his second ATP Challenger Tour title of the season at the Hamburg Ladies & Gents Cup in Germany. The 36-year-old Ukrainian overcame Austrian Dennis Novak 6-2, 6-3 in the final to earn his 10th career title at the Challenger level.

“I played really well today,” Merchenko said. “It was an almost perfect match, certainly my best of the week. He had a few chances on my serve in the first set, but I served strongly and played good rallies. Overall, I’m very happy with my game.

“This is the first year I’ve been able to win two singles titles in the same season. At 36 years old it’s honestly quite surprising, but it feels great.”

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Andrey Rublev rode out a topsy-turvy start to secure a first-round win Tuesday at the Erste Bank Open.

The third seed defeated Alexei Popyrin 7-6(5), 6-4 in Vienna to improve to 10-4 at the ATP 500 event. Rublev led 2-0 and 4-2 in the opening set but he still had to rally from a break down at 4-5 to force a tie-break, which Popyrin at one point led 5/2. The World No. 5 reeled off five straight points to claim the first set, however, before holding firm in the second for a 97-minute triumph.

“I don’t know [how I won the first set],” said Rublev. “I was super lucky, it was my mistake. I was 4-2 up, I had an easy ball and I played it where he was and he passed me. From that moment the match started to change and he was 5-4 up with a break. Somehow I was able to stay there and I was able to turn it around.”

Rublev finished the match having converted four of seven break points he earned. The 26-year-old is a five-time ATP 500 titlist, a tally which includes a title run in Vienna in 2020.

Rublev up and running 💪

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Following his win against Popyrin, Rublev is now just one win away from confirming his place at the Nitto ATP Finals. Currently fifth in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, Rublev will seal his spot for the fourth consecutive year at the prestigious season finale by beating Matteo Arnaldi to reach the quarter-finals in Vienna.

“Every match you feel you are one step closer,” said Rublev of his Turin prospects. “Every win, every day. The door is open and I see what is inside, but I am not inside the room yet.”

Following his win against Popyrin, Rublev is now just one win away from confirming his place at the season-ending Nitto ATP Finals. Currently fifth in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, Rublev will seal his spot by beating Matteo Arnaldi to reach the quarter-finals in Vienna.

Seventh seed Frances Tiafoe also advanced after Daniel Evans retired from their first-round clash. Evans had led the American 4-1 in the pair’s third Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting of the season when he aggravated his right calve muscle springing forward to a short ball from the baseline.

Tiafoe will take on Stockholm champion Gael Monfils or Daniel Altmaier next as he looks to keep his outside Nitto ATP Finals chances alive.

Another American Turin hopeful, Tommy Paul, eased to a 6-3, 6-1 triumph against qualifier Alexandre Muller. Paul, who is 12th in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, will play Aslan Karatsev or Borna Gojo next.

The final ATP Masters 1000 event takes place at the Rolex Paris Masters, where six-time record champion Novak Djokovic and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz compete. 

Here’s what you need to know ahead of the indoor hard-court event in France: 

When is the Rolex Paris Masters?

The 2023 Rolex Paris Masters will be held from 30 October-5 November. The indoor-hard ATP Masters 1000 tournament, established in 1986, will take place at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. The tournament director is Guy Forget.

Who is playing at the Rolex Paris Masters?

The Rolex Paris Masters will feature record champion Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Jannik Sinner and defending champion Holger Rune.

When is the draw for the Rolex Paris Masters?

The Rolex Paris Masters draw will be made on Saturday, 30 October at 12:00 p.m.

What is the schedule for the Rolex Paris Masters?

* Qualifying: Saturday, 28 October – Sunday, 29 October at 10:00 a.m Saturday and 11:00 a.m. Sunday
* Main Draw: Monday, 30 October – Sunday, 5 November. Monday – Thursday at 11:00 and 7:30 p.m. Friday at 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
* Doubles Final: Sunday, 5 November at 12:30 p.m.
* Singles Final: Sunday, 5 November at 3:00 p.m.
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What is the prize money for the Rolex Paris Masters?

The prize money for the Rolex Paris Masters is €5,779,335 and the Total Financial Commitment is €6,748,815.

SINGLES
Winner: €836,355/ 1000 points
Finalist: €456,720/ 600 points
Semi-finalist: €249,740/ 360 points
Quarter-finalist: €136,255/ 180 points
Round of 16: €72,865/ 90 points
Round of 32: €39,070/ 45 points
Round of 64: €21,650/ 10 points

DOUBLES ($ per team)
Winner: €282,960/ 1000 points
Finalist: €147,840/ 600 points
Semi-finalist: €78,140/ 360 points
Quarter-finalist: €43,300/ 180 points
Round of 16: €23,760/ 90 points
Round of 32: €13,200/ 0 points

How can I watch the Rolex Paris Masters?

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How can I follow the Rolex Paris Masters?

Hashtag: #RolexParisMasters
Facebook: @rolexparismasters
Twitter: @RolexPMasters
Instagram: @rolexparismasters

Who won the last edition of the Rolex Paris Masters in 2022?

Holger Rune triumphed in the Rolex Paris Masters singles final with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 win against Novak Djokovic in the championship match. Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski lifted the doubles trophy in Paris with a 7-6(5), 6-4 victory against Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek in the final.

Who holds the Paris record for most titles, oldest champion, youngest champion and more?

Most Titles, Singles: Novak Djokovic (6)
Most Titles, Doubles: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (4)
Oldest Champion: Novak Djokovic, 34, in 2021
Youngest Champion: Boris Becker, 18, in 1986
Highest-Ranked Champion: No. 1 Stefan Edberg in 1990, Pete Sampras in 1997, Andre Agassi in 1999, Novak Djokovic in 2014-15, 2019, 2021.
Lowest-Ranked Champion: No. 50 Tomas Berdych in 2005
Last Home Champion: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in 2008
Most Match Wins: Novak Djokovic (45)

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Spanish tennis today seems to be a bottomless source of emerging talent on the ATP Tour. Among the young guns bidding to find a space in the circuit’s elite is 21-year-old Pablo Llamas Ruiz, who has his sights set on a place in the Next Gen ATP Finals, to be held from 28 November – 2 December in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Spaniard Llamas Ruiz is hoping to follow in the footsteps of countrymen Jaume Munar (2018), Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (2019), and Carlos Alcaraz (2021), who have previously played in the tournament that pits the best eight under-21 players in the world against one another.

Like almost every boy born in Spain early in the 21st century, he grew up watching Rafael Nadal.

“When I started playing, everything was Nadal. I remember everyone had his racket, everyone was talking about him”, he says of the 22-time Grand Slam champion.

The No. 135 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings hails from a land in which success has become the norm. Spanish tennis boasts a huge haul of titles in recent times, not only thanks to Nadal, but also figures like David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez, Fernando Verdasco, Pablo Carreno Busta, Roberto Bautista Agut and, more recently, Alcaraz.

“Historically, Spain has always had many players in the Top 100, there was even a time when we had four or five players in the Top 20, that’s incredible”, he acknowledges. “Having seen Spanish players like Rafa Nadal, David Ferrer, Feliciano Lopez, Fernando Verdasco, Pablo Carreno on TV… it really helps you and I’ve even shared training sessions with them, at the High Performance Centre I practised with Carreno.”

But if there is one man Llamas Ruiz has modelled himself on, it is former World No. 3 David Ferrer.

“I was at his Academy and at that time he really helped me a lot,” Llamas Ruiz said. “I trained with him occasionally, he was there a lot, but seeing him train or even sharing the court with him taught me so much.”

He was training alongside one of the players which forms part of his first memory of tennis. At just nine years of age, sitting in front of the television, he watched in awe as Ferrer, along with Nadal, Verdasco and Feliciano won Spain’s fifth Davis Cup salad bowl.

“I wasn’t aware of everything, but I could see it was more than tennis, it was bigger, I started to appreciate things”, he explains. “I remember the Davis Cup against Argentina in 2011, with the Nadal – Del Potro match, the atmosphere, how the tie went, each match, that’s when I became more aware of what Spanish tennis was.”

Llamas Ruiz is an heir to a certain way of understanding the game, and of competing. His tennis DNA shares many of the traits of the great players who learned their trade on Spanish soil.

“My game from the baseline, running, grit, high bounces, dictating the game, not giving up on points, those kinds of things”, he says of the influence Spanish tennis has had on his game.

But he has also developed his own hallmarks: “I like to approach the net and volley, I have good hands… you didn’t used to see that so much, it was based more on baseline tennis, long rallies. I remember players like Nadal and Ferrer could play from the baseline for hours, in that regard, I prefer using my hands [touch at the net].”

The enormity of all those names does nothing to frighten Llamas Ruiz, who is clear that he is very much on his own journey.

“It doesn’t put me under pressure that Spanish tennis has been, and is, one of the best countries in tennis, it makes me proud to be part of that and I’ll try to give my best”, he says.

Nor is he worried that a player who is one year younger than him, Carlos Alcaraz, has skyrocketed into the ATP Tour elite.

“Not at all! I’m proud of that, I’m so happy for him”, answers Llamas Ruiz without hesitation of the meteoric rise of his compatriot, peer, and friend.

“Hopefully someday I can play in the same tournaments and on the same courts as him. Everyone, as I always say, has their own path. He’s taken his, and he couldn’t have done any better, and I’ll try and take mine so that someday I can share the court with him and even try to catch him, why not?”, asks Llamas Ruiz.

Bidding to earn himself a place in the Top 100, Llamas Ruiz concludes with an interesting perspective on the legacy that his compatriots have left.

“People don’t appreciate what it is to be in the Top 140, Top 100 or Top 80 in the world. If you’re not in the Top 10 you’re not worth it,” he said. “Spain has always had great players in high positions, so if a Spaniard is at world number 110 it seems like they don’t know how to play tennis.”

In 2023, he has already claimed his first ATP Challenger title in Segovia, Spain and picked up his first ATP Tour win in Lyon [d. Max Purcell]. His next challenge is earning himself a place among the best of his generation at the end of the season in Jeddah.

Any time Dominic Thiem steps on court at the Erste Bank Open, the home crowd raises the volume inside the Wiener Stadthalle. That raucous atmosphere may hit new highs on Tuesday in Vienna, however, when the Austrian favourite takes on Stefanos Tsitsipas in a blockbuster first-round clash at the ATP 500.

“There are some sports where you play home games every second week and everybody’s telling you about the advantages, about how much better you play at home,” Thiem told ATPTour.com on Sunday in Vienna. “And it is like that, but as a tennis player, as an Austrian especially, you only have it two or three times a year. I always love it. The crowd gives me unbelievable energy.”

A clash between two former World No. 3s would be a much-anticipated opening round no matter when or where it takes place. The two Lexus ATP Head2Head meetings between Thiem and Tsitsipas that have taken place this year add an extra dimension to their Vienna clash.

The 17-time tour-level champion Thiem, working hard to rediscover his mojo against the world’s best after a serious wrist injury he suffered in mid-2021, pushed Tsitsipas to deciding-set tie-breaks in Madrid and at Wimbledon this year. On each occasion it was the Greek who ultimately prevailed, and Thiem knows the margins could well be fine once again on Tuesday evening in Vienna.

“I guess the only thing which I’m thinking about is that when we’re both playing well, the possibilities are high that we have another very close and tight match,” said Thiem, who is 5-5 overall in his rivalry with Tsitsipas. “I hope so because that would mean that we’re playing well or that I’m playing well. It would mean a great match for the crowd as well.

“We had two matches this year, and twice it ended up being a deciding tie-break, as well as at the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals, which was on a similar surface as well, and indoors. Again, it was a deciding tie-break. It would be great, obviously, if it would be another match like this, but with a different outcome.”

Unlike in Madrid and at Wimbledon, however, Thiem may have a secret weapon to help him get over the line on Tuesday against Tsitsipas. He does not have to look back far to remember the power of the Vienna crowd, which roared him to a remarkable first-round triumph after he saved two match points against Tommy Paul a year ago. Having missed the 2021 edition of the tournament as part of his nine-month absence due his wrist injury, that moment still stands out for the Austrian.

“That was a reminder of what I’m playing for and what I’m working hard for,” said Thiem. “Not only [during my] comeback, but if I look back at special matches in my whole career, this one is up there, 100 per cent.

“Honestly, I was the worse player the whole match, but with this amazing help from the crowd and with great luck and great fighting spirit, I was somehow able to win it and that was special. That’s why it will always be up there somewhere when I look back on special matches.”

This year, Thiem arrived in Vienna with a 17-21 tour-level record for the season, a tally which includes a championship-match run at the only other Austrian ATP Tour event in Kitzbühel, and three other ATP 250 quarter-final appearances. Currently at No. 99 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, Thiem’s relatively moderate year has not dampened his desire to push for a return to the upper echelons of the game. For him, it is not a question of regaining his previous level, but being able to produce it often enough.

“I had some positive weeks, like Kitzbühel, and some great matches as well, for example against Stef at Wimbledon or the US Open, where I played well,” recalled Thiem. “So there were some good weeks and some good matches, but I was not able to do it often enough and that’s why my ranking is where it is. It’s not satisfying for me, and I have to play well, more consistently, to rise up again. That’s the goal for the last three weeks and obviously also for the next year.

“For me it’s pretty clear [I’m lacking] consistency, because I had some good weeks. If I would have been able to repeat them more often, then my ranking would be way higher, but I was not. I guess that’s that’s the key point. That’s what I was able to do before the injury, when I was very high in the rankings, and that’s the goal, to get that back.”

It is no secret that Thanasi Kokkinakis loves basketball, including the NBA. The Australian, who this week is playing an ATP Challenger Tour event in Playford, Australia, has long been a huge fan of all-time great point guard Chris Paul.

For years, one of Paul’s greatest rivals was the Golden State Warriors. Now, the 38-year-old is on the Warriors and Kokkinakis will be cheering him on as the season gets underway this week.

“I’m excited to see how it’s going to work out. It was a big trade. It’s going to be interesting,” Kokkinakis told ATPTour.com earlier this year in Washington. “They’ve been rivals for so long, so it’s going to be interesting to see with the Warriors.”

One of Kokkinakis’ early pinch-me moments came when as a teen he met the basketball icon around the 2013 US Open. Paul still follows the Aussie on Instagram today.

“We had the same agency and I saw him train when I was like 15 or 16 in New York for the US Open juniors,” Kokkinakis said. “So I met him and watched him work out in a private facility. So that was pretty cool.”

 

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Kokkinakis typically is a fan of whichever team Paul is playing for. But he follows all the teams and tries to watch the NBA wherever he is in the world.

“In Australia it’s not too bad when I’m home, because the time is okay. Usually the game starts early afternoon. And when I’m in America, it’s great obviously,” Kokkinakis said. “When I’m in Europe and it’s NBA playoffs and finals time, that’s when it’s a mess. I’ve had a few 3 a.m. wake-ups. It messes with my sleeping, that’s for sure.”

It was no surprise that when asked whom he’d like to switch places with for a day, he selected a basketball star.

“It would be probably LeBron [James]. I reckon it would be cool to be playing in L.A.,” Kokkinakis said of the Los Angeles Lakers star. “I reckon it would be too much to be honest. But that’s why for a day, I wouldn’t mind it. But being LeBron every day, I think that would carry a massive, massive amount of pressure. So that would be tough.”

As much of a Chris Paul-fan Kokkinakis is, he has respect for many of the game’s past and present stars. He picked another icon when asked which three people he’d love to go to dinner with.

“One would have been Kobe Bryant. Kobe Bryant would have been cool,” Kokkinakis said. “Conor McGregor would be interesting. I’m a big WWE fan. So maybe one of the wrestling legends. So maybe The Rock or Stone Cold, something like that.”

Had Kokkinakis not embarked on his life as a professional tennis player, “I would have liked to have thought I would have been a basketball player,” he said. “But I don’t know how good I would have been. I think being a basketball player or an actor or even an artist or a DJ or something like that.

“I like to go to music festivals. I like to listen to that. I obviously love my NBA. And I love driving. I love good cars. So that’s one of my things that I really enjoy doing.

“I like more sort of road cars and things that I can do. I don’t know how well I’d do behind a Formula One car. It’s probably a death sentence in the first sort of five seconds.”

The last nations standing in the 2023 Davis Cup have announced their teams for the Final 8 knock-out stage in Malaga, Spain next month, with some of the game’s biggest stars set to do battle for the right to be named 2023 world champions.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will lead a Serbia team bidding to win a second Davis Cup title, while Jannik Sinner (Italy), Alex de Minaur (Australia) and Cameron Norrie (Great Britain) will also feature in the event at the Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena.

Defending world champions Canada have restored world No. 19 Felix Auger-Aliassime to their team alongside Gabriel Diallo, Alexis Galarneau and Vasek Pospisil, who starred as the Canadians finished top of Group A in Bologna in September. Former Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic has also been named in the Canadian squad and could make his first Davis Cup appearance since 2018, having battled various injuries in recent seasons.

The Canadians will contest the opening tie of the week on Tuesday 21 November against first-time Davis Cup quarter-finalists Finland, who have named the same squad which finished runner-up to Netherlands in Group D in Split last month. World No. 67 Emil Ruusuvuori, who has won five of his six Davis Cup matches this season, will lead the Finnish team in Malaga.

The second quarter-final on Wednesday 22 November will see 2022 runners-up Australia take on the Czech Republic, both of whom have named unchanged teams from September’s Finals Group Stage and are led by De Minaur and Jiri Lehecka, respectively.

World No. 4 Sinner will return to Davis Cup action for Italy’s quarter-final clash against Netherlands on Thursday 23 November, after the 22-year-old missed the Finals Group Stage due to injury. The Dutch team is spearheaded by world No. 25 Tallon Griekspoor, with doubles world No. 3 Wesley Koolhof also in captain Paul Haarhuis’ squad.

The last of the four quarter-finals on the evening of Thursday 23 November will feature 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic alongside teammates Laslo Djere, Dusan Lajovic, Miomir Kecmanovic and Hamad Medjedovic. The Serbians are captained by Viktor Troicki, who, along with Djokovic, was a member of the team which won Serbia’s only Davis Cup title to date in 2010.

Serbia will take on Great Britain, who will be hoping to continue the momentum from their dramatic victory over France which saw them secure first place in Group B in Manchester last month. Norrie is the Brits’ highest-ranked player, but the team also includes Daniel Evans (who won both matches he played during the win against France) and three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray, as well as 21-year-old Jack Draper and doubles world No. 4 Neal Skupski.

The Davis Cup quarter-finals will be played from Tuesday 21 to Thursday 23 November. The semi-finals will be played on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 November, with the 2023 Davis Cup final taking place on Sunday 26 November.

For more information about the Final 8 in Malaga, including ticket details, visit the Davis Cup website.

2023 Davis Cup Final 8 schedule

Quarter-finals
Tuesday 21 November, 1600 CET – Canada v Finland
Wednesday 22 November, 1600 CET – Czech Republic v Australia
Thursday 23 November, 1000 CET – Italy v Netherlands
Thursday 23 November, not before 1600 CET – Serbia v Great Britain

Semi-finals
Friday 24 November, 1600 CET – Canada or Finland v Czech Republic or Australia
Saturday 25 November, 1200 CET – Italy or Netherlands v Serbia or Great Britain

Davis Cup final
Sunday 26 November, 1600 CET – Winner semi-final 1 v Winner semi-final 2

2023 Davis Cup Final 8 squads

Canada
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Gabriel Diallo
Alexis Galarneau
Vasek Pospisil
Milos Raonic
Captain: Frank Dancevic

Finland
Emil Ruusuvuori
Otto Virtanen
Patrick Kaukovalta
Harri Heliovaara
Patrik Niklas-Salminen
Captain: Jarkko Nieminen

Czech Republic
Jiri Lehecka
Tomas Machac
Jakub Mensik
Adam Pavlasek
Captain: Jaroslav Navratil

Australia
Alex de Minaur
Max Purcell
Jordan Thompson
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Matthew Ebden
Captain: Lleyton Hewitt

Italy
Jannik Sinner
Lorenzo Musetti
Matteo Arnaldi
Lorenzo Sonego
Simone Bolelli
Captain: Filippo Volandri

Netherlands
Tallon Griekspoor
Botic van de Zandschulp
Gijs Brouwer
Wesley Koolhof
Captain: Paul Haarhuis

Serbia
Novak Djokovic
Laslo Djere
Dusan Lajovic
Miomir Kecmanovic
Hamad Medjedovic
Captain: Viktor Troicki

Great Britain
Cameron Norrie
Daniel Evans
Andy Murray
Jack Draper
Neal Skupski
Captain: Leon Smith

The Davis Cup Finals and Qualifiers are an official part of the ATP Tour calendar, after the ITF and ATP established a new strategic collaboration on the competition’s governance in 2022. 

The 2023 Davis Cup Final 8 is being hosted in Malaga as part of a wider partnership between the ITF and region of Andalucia, which also sees the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Finals in Seville (7-12 November) and the junior finals of both competitions in Cordoba (30 October-12 November).

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