TURIN.- Mixed luck for the two Spanish tennis players who will play on ATP Masters: Carlos Alcaraz was included in an affordable group with Daniil Medvedev, Flavio Cobolli and Frances Tiafoe, while Rafael Jodar will collide with N.1 Alexander Zverev, Ben Shelton and Arthur Fils.
The ATP Masters, the tournament that will bring together the eight best tennis players of the season, will be held in Turin from November 15 to 22, 2026 without the presence of the Italian Jannik SinnerNo. 2 in the world and current tournament champion, injured.
Alcaraz, current No. 3 in the world rankings, aspires to his first title in the Masters Tournamentone of the few missing from his record, after a season in which he arrives in good shape at the end of the year after having been without playing for four months due to a wrist injury.
The 23-year-old Murcian recently won the Paris Masters 1000 and the tournament Vienna, that together with Rotterdam In 2025 there are only three indoor titles of the 29 he has won as a professional.
Framed in the Ivan Lendl GroupAlcaraz will face the Russian Medvedev, the Italian Cobolli and the American Tiafoe in the first phase of the Masters.
The top two finishers will play in the semifinals of this tournament.
He Cluster John McEnroe It will have as members, according to the draw held this Thursday, the German Zverev, who is guaranteed to finish the year as No. 1 in the ranking, the American Shelton, the French Fils and Jódar, who at 20 years old has made history by becoming the first tennis player to qualify for the Masters in his first season as a professional.
On the first day, on Sunday, Zverev will open the fire against Jódar and then Shelton will face Fils, the organization announced this Thursday.
The ATP Masters groups (individuals)
John McEnroe Group
Alexander Zverev (GER)
Ben Shelton (USA)
Arthur Fils (FRA)
Rafael Jodar (ESP)
Ivan Lendl Group
Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
Daniil Medvedev (RUS)
Flavio Cobolli (ITA)
Frances Tiafoe (USA)
in doubles
Todd Woodbridge Group
Harri Heliovaara/Henry Patten (FIN/GBR)
Marcelo Arevalo/Mate Pavic (ELS/CRO)
Theo Arribage/Albano Olivetti (FRA)
Orlando Luz/Rafael Matos (BRA)
Mark Woodforde Group
Christian Harrison/Neal Skupski (USA/GBR)
Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos (ESP/ARG)
Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori (ITA)
Kevin Krawietz/Tim Pütz (GER)
