Taylor Fritz, the U.S. Open finalist who lost to Sinner in New York, was also drawn in the Italian’s group alongside Australian Alex De Minaur, making his ATP Tour Finals debut; Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev, who qualified as world No. 9 after Novak Djokovic withdrew, rounded out the second group.

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz discuss their potentially era-defining rivalry ahead of the ATP Tour Finals in Turin.

Jannik Sinner capped a perfect group stage at the ATP Finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Daniil Medvedev on Thursday which eliminated his Russian rival. World number five Fritz joins the man who beat him in the US Open final in the next round after coming from behind to beat De Minaur 5-7,