Hurkacz replaced Tsitsipas in the final and will play against Nole. Will he leave the group?

Polish tennis player Hubert Hurkacz (ATR 11) modified Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece, ATP 6) at the ATP Final Tournament 2023, held on indoor hard courts in Turin (Italy).

Since the Greek national team managed to lose the opening two matches in the Green Group to Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune, the Polish team will only play against Novak Djokovic in the last 3rd round.

In any case, Hurkac will not be able to participate in the play-offs of the ATP Finals 2023, because after the number of wins, the second criterion for leaving the group is the number of matches played. When the rest of the tennis players in the quartet play all 3 matches, Hurkac will only have 1 match.

Stefanos withdrew due to a back injury.

“I apologize to all the fans and spectators who came to support me and watch the match today. I’m very sorry I couldn’t finish the match. It’s also a shame not to give someone else the opportunity to go out there and try to do something.

The doctors I went to many times allowed me to play, so… Unfortunately, I felt very bad on the field. I did everything I could to prepare for this match, but it didn’t work.

I hate leaving matches. I’m not someone who likes to leave the field during the match. It kills me not to be able to finish a tournament for which I have been preparing for so long and where I was confident that I would perform to the maximum of my abilities.

I’ve been training for the last few days but haven’t spent much time on the field. I had minor problems moving around. It is difficult to play without moving. This is tennis, not darts.

It’s important for me to be fit and not have back problems. The pain was very serious. I’ve had to deal with pain on the field before, but this time it was unbearable. I had to make this difficult decision.

I realized that I couldn’t play in the second match. When I served in the warm-up, the pain was already there. I felt severe irritation and severe pain in my back. At that moment I realized I couldn’t last the whole match,” Tsitsipas said.