Jannik Sinner stayed on the right track to defend his ATP Finals title, whereas Felix Auger-Aliassime claimed the final semi spot.
Printed On 15 Nov 2025
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime reached the final 4 of the ATP Finals with a 6-4 7-6(4) round-robin win over two-time winner Alexander Zverev on Friday, and Jannik Sinner prolonged his indoor hardcourt unbeaten run by beating American Ben Shelton.
Germany’s Zverev and Auger-Aliassime each defeated Shelton and misplaced to Sinner to arrange a winner-takes-all conflict for the runners-up spot within the Bjorn Borg Group, and the Canadian clinched a spot in Saturday’s semifinal in opposition to world primary Carlos Alcaraz.
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“You need to be within the last, however I’ll need to undergo an excellent participant to try this,” Auger-Aliassime mentioned.
“I’ll take my likelihood if I’ve it.”
Zverev was left to rue his failure to take any of his seven break factors in opposition to Sinner, and it was a equally irritating story in opposition to the Canadian.
The German held break factors in each units however once more couldn’t make them depend, and the Canadian broke Zverev at 5-4 as much as take the primary set, earlier than happening to win the second set tiebreak.
Auger-Aliassime was put beneath stress within the opening set, saving break factors at 2-2 and 4-4, whereas Zverev got here again from 0-40 down solely to lose serve and hand the Canadian the set.
Zverev spent a lot of the second set gesturing to his staff, with Auger-Aliassime successful his first two service video games to like earlier than each gamers have been responsible of throwing away possibilities to interrupt.
Auger-Aliassime let slip a 2-0 lead within the tiebreak, however when Zverev stepped as much as serve at 4-5, the Canadian got here via to earn consecutive minibreaks and ship the German residence.
Sinner stays unbeaten
Sinner is unbeaten in 29 matches on indoor hardcourt after a 6-3 7-6(3) victory over Shelton of their useless rubber round-robin match.
There was a relaxed environment within the Inalpi Enviornment because the Italian had already secured high spot within the group and a semifinal in opposition to Alex de Minaur.
Shelton was damaged within the opening and shutting video games of the primary set, unable to make the most of a break level at 2-1 down, whereas Sinner was at all times able to pulling out an ace on the essential time, hitting two in that fourth sport to carry serve.
The American put up extra struggle within the second set, serving to like on three events, rescuing a match level at 5-4 down and forcing Sinner right into a tiebreak for the primary time within the final two editions of the season-ending championships, earlier than the Italian sealed the win.
Sinner’s possibilities of ending the yr as world primary evaporated on Thursday when Alcaraz accomplished a clear sweep within the Jimmy Connors Group with a win over Lorenzo Musetti, leaving little at stake in opposition to Shelton other than his unbeaten run.
Earlier than Sinner and Shelton emerged, Alcaraz was introduced on courtroom with the ATP year-end world primary trophy, which the Italian received final yr, and the pair could but do battle one final time in 2025 in Sunday’s last.
“It’s a pleasure being the quantity one of many world. It’s one thing that I’m working actually arduous for daily. It’s a purpose, to be trustworthy,” Alcaraz mentioned.
“For me, it’s an excellent achievement. It means the world to me and I’m simply actually proud and pleased.”
