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.

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have been placed in different groups for the ATP Finals in Turin. That means the earliest they could meet is the semifinals.

Italian world number one Jannik Sinner eased past Daniil Medvedev 6-3 6-4 in their final group match on Thursday, leaving Taylor Fritz to seal a place in the semi-finals of the season-ending ATP Finals after the American defeated Alex de Minaur 5-7 6-4 6-3.

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are poised to add another entry into their rapidly developing rivalry when the ATP Finals open Sunday without any members of the Big Three for the first time in nearly

Former world number 1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov has attacked current World No.1 Jannik Sinner. And the former Russian tennis player does not go down easy on it saying that the Italian is a tennis player "stupidly designed to hit" and that only Carlos Alcaraz can be placed on par with the Big 3.

Still plenty to play for in group Ilie Nastase, although the scenarios where Jannik Sinner doesn’t make the semifinals or Alex de Minaur does are mostly theoretical.

Alex de Minaur has been thrashed in his first two ATP Finals matches - but there is still a slim chance he can reach the semi-finals in Turin.