Four pots, two groups
The ATP Finals draw takes place today at 12:00 Paris time, three days before the first ball in Turin on Sunday. Eight players, two round-robin groups of four, one player from each pot in each group. The top two in each group reach the semi-finals.
The pots are set. Pot 1 holds Alexander Zverev, seeded first, and Carlos Alcaraz, seeded second and fresh from his first Paris Masters title. Pot 2 has Ben Shelton and Daniil Medvedev. Pot 3 is Flavio Cobolli and Arthur Fils. Pot 4 is Frances Tiafoe and Rafael Jodar.
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Fils already knows half the story
Because Fils and Cobolli share a pot, the Italian is off the table in the group stage. The Frenchman will draw one of Zverev or Alcaraz, one of Shelton or Medvedev, and one of Tiafoe or Jodar.
His opening match is also partly decided. Fils will start on Sunday against whichever of Shelton or Medvedev lands in his group.
At 22, Fils is the first French player to qualify for the season-ending event since Gael Monfils ten years ago. He sealed his place during the Paris Masters week and arrives in Turin as the sixth seed.
The Pot 1 ball
The biggest call is which top seed joins him. Alcaraz just ended his wait for a Paris crown by beating Shelton in the final, so landing in his group means facing the man in form. Zverev, the top seed, is the alternative. Either way, three group matches over the coming week will decide whether Fils is still in Turin for the semi-finals.
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