World No. 1 Zverev to take on Shelton, Fils and Jodar at ATP Finals

TURIN, Italy - New world number one Alexander Zverev will face Ben Shelton, Arthur Fils and Spain’s Rafael Jodar at the ATP Finals, after the groups for the season-ending tournament were announced on Nov 12.

Germany’s Zverev took top spot in the men’s world rankings earlier this month after winning Roland Garros and the US Open – his first Grand Slam titles – and he is gunning for a third Finals triumph.

He will be expected to win the four-man John McEnroe Group, while seven-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz heads up the Ivan Lendl Group after winning the Paris Masters.

Alcaraz, ranked third in the world, will face Daniil Medvedev, Flavio Cobolli – the crowd favourite in Turin in the absence of injured Jannik Sinner – and Frances Tiafoe.

The top two players from each group will contest the semi-finals.

Sinner has won the last two editions of the Finals, but he hasn’t played since winning Wimbledon in July due to a knee injury. AFP