Top-ranked 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 Thursday. 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 favorite in Turin in the absence of injured Jannik Sinner — and Frances Tiafoe.