Overview
- Top seed Carlos Alcaraz defeated Alex de Minaur 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 in Turin’s first round-robin match, earning his first opening-win at the ATP Finals.
- Alcaraz moved closer to clinching year-end No. 1, which he can guarantee by sweeping his group matches or by reaching the final under ATP scenarios.
- Novak Djokovic withdrew with a shoulder injury, and Lorenzo Musetti was promoted into the main draw, with Alexander Bublik elevated to first alternate.
- The groups now stand as Connors: Alcaraz, Musetti, de Minaur, Taylor Fritz; and Borg: Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Ben Shelton, Félix Auger‑Aliassime, with the top two in each advancing to the semifinals.
- Alcaraz extended his head-to-head over de Minaur to 5-0 after edging a first-set tiebreak from 3-5 down before pulling away in the second; the Finals offer up to 1,500 points and a record $15.5 million purse.