Holger Rune, Lorenzo Musetti and Jack Draper will be the top favorites in Next-Gen Finals next week in Milan. The groups are now set as follows:
Green Group
- Holger Rune (Denmark)
- Brandon Nakashima (United States)
- Jiri Lehecka (Czech Republic)
- Francesco Passaro (Italy)
Red Group
- Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)
- Jack Draper (Great Britain)
- Chun-Hsin Tseng (Chinese Taipei)
- Dominic Stricker (Switzerland)
There are some doubts about the participation of both Holger Rune (he is currently playing in the semifinal of the ATP 1000 in Paris) and Lorenzo Musetti (physical issue?).
Rune in Paris, ranking, and results in 2022
Currently the world no.18 (career-high), Holger has achieved a composed 48-27 match record in 2022. The Dane is now playing in Paris where he overcame the world no.153 Stan Wawrinka 4-6 7-5 7-63, the world no.10 Hubert Hurkacz 7-5 6-1, the world no.9 Andrey Rublev 6-4 7-5 and the world no.1 Carlos Alcaraz 6-3 6-6 ret..
Holger Rune will face the world no.8 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinal on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. The head to head is 1-0 for Auger-Aliassime.
Holger clinched 3 titles in 2022 in the Sanremo Challenger, in Munich and in Stockholm. The Dane got to the final in Sofia (Sofia Open) and in Basel (Swiss Indoors Basel).
Lorenzo Musetti in 2022
Ranked world no.23 (career-high), the Italian played his last match on the 4th of November when he surrendered to world no.7 Novak Djokovic 6-0 6-3 in the quarter in Paris (draw).
This season Lorenzo has achieved a composed 43-26 win-loss record. Lorenzo conquered 3 titles in 2022 in the Forli 6 Challenger, Hamburg and Naples.
Holger Rune and Lorenzo Musetti have never fought against each other.
Jack Draper in 2022
Now ranked no.45 (career-high), the Brit played his last match on the 2nd of November when he capitulated to world no.21 Francis Tiafoe 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Paris (draw).
During this season the Brit has a 44-17 record. Jack has won 4 titles in 2022 in the Forli 2 Challenger, the Forli 4 Challenger, the Forli 5 Challenger and the St. Brieuc Challenger.