That victory should be a huge psychological boost for Alcaraz, who had lost his opening ATP World Tour Finals match in 2023 and 2024, respectively, versus Alexander Zverev (2023) and Casper Ruud (2024). Alcaraz has won seven of his last eight singles matches on the hard court, with his only defeat in that run coming versus Cameron Norrie in Paris.

The world No. 9 had less than 48 hours to prepare for his first match in Turin after losing the Athens final to Novak Djokovic on Saturday night. ATP Finals debutant Musetti suffered a 6-3 6-4 defeat to Taylor Fritz on Monday, and admitted that he did well considering he didn’t have much left in the tank.

Carlos Alcaraz and Taylor Fritz will be in action on Day 3 of the 2025 ATP Finals. The two are set to clash in a round-robin encounter from the Jimmy Connors Group.

Results and schedule as Alcaraz and Sinner battle for No 1 - Alcaraz and Sinner begin their bid for the year-end No 1 as the ATP Finals returns in Turin

We’re going to take you back in time,” begins Pete Odgers in his commentary of the very first match between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. It took place not during the early rounds of a Grand Slam tournament,