Italy’s Jannik Sinner reacts throughout his group stage match towards Canada’s Felix Auger Aliassime on the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, on November 10, 2025
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Jannik Sinner obtained his title defence on the ATP Finals off to a strong begin earlier than his dwelling followers with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Felix Auger-Aliassime.
To additionally declare the year-end No. 1 rating. Sinner must win the season-ending occasion for the highest eight gamers and hope Carlos Alcaraz would not attain the ultimate.
No. 8-ranked Auger-Aliassime appeared slowed by a left calf situation that arose close to the top of the primary set. He was twice handled by a coach in the course of the second set.
“It was very robust till 6-5 after which he had a bodily situation,” mentioned Sinner, referring to when he broke the Canadian’s serve to shut out the primary set.
Sinner gained the title in Turin final 12 months with out dropping a set and hasn’t misplaced on the occasion for the reason that 2023 closing to Novak Djokovic.
There was an indication held aloft within the crowd that labeled Sinner “Italian satisfaction” and Sinner was serenaded with a soccer-like chant of “Ole, ole, ole. Sin-ner, Sin-ner” throughout his on-court post-match interview.
“It is a particular event and place for me,” he mentioned.
Sinner has gained all 4 of his conferences with Auger-Aliassime this 12 months, together with a U.S. Open semifinal and the current Paris Masters closing.
Sinner and Alexander Zverev lead the Bjorn Borg group with one win every after Zverev beat Ben Shelton on Sunday.
The highest two finishers in every group advance to the semifinals.
Sinner gained 89% of the factors when he put his first serve in, claiming 32 of these 36 factors.
“I’ve a really troublesome group, with individuals who serve actually, actually sturdy,” Sinner mentioned. “You’ll want to stay targeted virtually your complete match as a result of the second you concede a break it is robust to come back again.”
Fritz beats weary Musetti
Earlier, Taylor Fritz beat late entry Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-4.
Not like Musetti, who was making his debut, Fritz has pedigree within the event after reaching the ultimate final 12 months and the semifinals on debut in 2022. He’d additionally spent the previous week getting ready on the indoor court docket.
“A vital one to win I might say if I need to make it out of the group,” Fritz mentioned. “He performs fairly completely different with the slices and the whole lot. So it took me a while to get used to it.
“I used to be capable of keep away from getting damaged early within the match when he had some possibilities. Then I really feel like I type of obtained into the match extra. … I assumed I performed very well.”
Musetti was a late substitute for Djokovic, who withdrew with an injured shoulder after beating the Italian within the Athens closing on Saturday. Musetti arrived in Turin solely on Sunday however could not experience his hometown crowd’s help.
“I could not be at 100% in form, particularly bodily,” Musetti mentioned. “Mentally, I am actually glad that I am right here. I am tremendous pleased with myself, of my crew, of what we achieved. At the moment, I attempted to battle with what I had.”
Fritz and Alcaraz lead the Jimmy Connors group with one win every, whereas De Minaur and Musetti path with one loss every.
On Tuesday, Fritz performs Alcaraz and Musetti performs Alex de Minaur.
Printed – November 11, 2025 12:30 pm IST
