Taylor Fritz, the U.S. Open finalist who lost to Sinner in New York, was also drawn in the Italian’s group alongside Australian Alex De Minaur, making his ATP Tour Finals debut; Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev, who qualified as world No. 9 after Novak Djokovic withdrew, rounded out the second group.

The men’s game saw Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors do battle with each other in the 1980s, while Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras dueled through the 90s. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal then established themselves as the dominant forces,

TURIN, Italy — Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz were placed in different groups for the ATP Finals in Thursday’s draw. The earliest they could meet is the semifinals. The Ilie Nastase Group features Sinner, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur.