TURIN (The Thursday Times) — World No. 1 Alexander Zverev has been drawn with Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils, and Rafael Jodar in the John McEnroe Group at the ATP Finals, while Carlos Alcaraz will face Daniil Medvedev, Flavio Cobolli, and Frances Tiafoe in the Ivan Lendl Group.
The draw for the season-ending event was made in Turin on Thursday. The round-robin stage begins on Sunday at the Inalpi Arena, and the tournament runs until the final on November 22.
Two groups of four
Each group plays a round robin, with the top two from each going through to the semi-finals. Zverev, the top seed and a two-time champion, is in a group with Shelton, who reached the Paris Masters final on Sunday, and two debutants, the Frenchman Fils and the Spaniard Jodar. It has been described as the tougher of the two groups.
Alcaraz, the second seed and last year’s runner-up, is grouped with Medvedev, the 2020 champion, and the debutants Cobolli and Tiafoe. Cobolli, the only Italian in the field, has not played since retiring injured at the Vienna Open, which has raised questions about his fitness for his home event.
No Sinner this year
The field is without Jannik Sinner, the two-time defending champion, who has not played since winning Wimbledon in July because of a knee injury. Half of the eight-man line-up is making its first appearance at the tournament.
The order of play for the opening days had not been announced on Thursday.
