Lorenzo Musetti will make his career debut at the ATP Finals this year after Novak Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the elite eight-player event due to a shoulder injury.
The two battled it out for almost three hours in the final of Athens on Saturday, and Musetti needed to win to qualify outright for the eighth and final spot in the ATP Finals field. Djokovic, who had already qualified for the event, ended up winning the match, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, temporarily putting Musetti in the first alternate position in Turin.
But shortly after the Athens final, Djokovic announced he was pulling out from Turin, meaning Musetti is now in the main field.
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