TURIN, Italy — Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have been positioned in several teams for the ATP Finals in Thursday’s draw. The earliest they may meet is the semifinals.
The Ilie Nastase Group options Sinner, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur.
The John Newcombe Group options Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev. The teams are named for the primary No. 1s within the ATP rankings.
The match for the yr’s high eight males’s gamers begins Sunday. The highest two finishers in every group advance to the semifinals.
Sinner (Australian Open and US Open) and Alcaraz (French Open and Wimbledon) break up the yr’s 4 Grand Slam titles between them. Alcaraz received all three official conferences with Sinner this yr and holds a 6-4 benefit of their profession head-to-head rivalry. Final month, Sinner beat Alcaraz within the Six Kings Slam exhibition in Saudi Arabia.
The one two gamers within the discipline to have received the finals are Zverev and Medvedev. Zverev received in London in 2018 and Turin in 2021; Medvedev triumphed in 2020, the ultimate yr the occasion was held in London.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic withdrew on Tuesday citing an harm, making it the primary time in 23 years that the ATP Finals will likely be held with none of the Huge Three of Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
