Novak Djokovic won a difficult preliminary round of the ATP finals. The historic number one in the world from Serbia meets the Russian Daniil Medvedev, the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and the Russian Andrei Rublev at the end of the season of the eight best professional tennis players. This was the draw. The other group includes Spaniard Rafael Nadal – who never won the year-end tournament – Norwegian Casper Ruud, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and American Taylor Fritz. The first and second of each group go through to the semifinals. Reigning champion Alexander Zverev has to forgo his participation due to a foot injury. Djokovic can catch up with record holder Roger Federer with a success in Turin, the Swiss has won the tournament six times.
