ATP Finals in Turin
Sinner top favorite, Zverev in the Alcaraz group
Once again, the showdown of the men's tennis tour season will be celebrated in Turin. Following the withdrawal of Novak Djokovic, for the first time since 2001 none of the "big three" will be taking part in the ATP Finals from November 10 to 17, with prize money of 15.25 million dollars. The new generation will therefore decide the title completely among themselves.
Last year's finalist Jannik Sinner is the top favorite. As the unbeaten champion, the Italian could pocket no less than 4.88 million dollars.
The draw on Thursday afternoon gave Sinner the Russians Daniil Medvedev (No. 4), Taylor Fritz (USA-5) and Finals debutant Alex de Minaur (AUS-7) in the "Ilie Nastase" group. He will therefore have to play Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, seeded No. 3, in the semi-finals at the earliest. Alcaraz will play against Alexander Zverev (GER-2), Casper Ruud (NOR-6) and Andrej Rublev (RUS-8) in the "John Newcombe" group.
Defending champion missing
Last year, Djokovic had traveled to Italy as the big favorite - and had won his seventh "Masters" title as defending champion, overtaking record holder Roger Federer (6). In the final, he stopped Sinner on his ATP Finals debut in the final.
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