TURIN (Reuters) -Italian world number one Jannik Sinner eased past Daniil Medvedev 6-3 6-4 in their final group match on Thursday, leaving Taylor Fritz to seal a place in the semi-finals of the season-ending ATP Finals after the American defeated Alex de Minaur 5-7 6-4 6-3.

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.

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner has become the first player to advance to the semifinals at the ATP Finals in Turin. Sinner was assured of a spot in the last four after U.S.

World number one Sinner only needed a set to deny Medvedev a place in the last four. Read more at straitstimes.com.

As predicted, Jannik Sinner is the ATP Finals semi-finalist! World no. 1 completed the round-robin stage in Turin with a 3-0 score, defeating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-4 to sail into the last four.

Join Tanya Aldred for updates as Jannik Sinner looks to complete a sweep of his group by beating Daniil Medvedev.   21:35 As the lights go off in Turin, let’s look to tomorrow, the final day of the round-robin.

Now all decisive challenges await Jannik Sinner at the ATP Finals in Turin. A climb that starts with tonight's match at the Inalpi Arena (starting at 8:30 PM) against Daniil Medvedev. The

Andrea Gaudenzi said at the ATP Finals that anyone hinting that a “double standard” was applied because of top-ranked Jannik Sinner’s status is “unfair because the rules have been the same.”

Still plenty to play for in group Ilie Nastase, although the scenarios where Jannik Sinner doesn’t make the semifinals or Alex de Minaur does are mostly theoretical.

Even before playing the third match of the Round Robin, Jannik Sinner qualified for the semifinals of the ATP Finals in Turin. His direct competitor, the American Taylor Fritz, lost the first set

Jannik Sinner's form showed no sign of waning after he turned on the style in front of his home fans to trounce Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 at the ATP Finals on Tuesday.