{"id":285959,"date":"2025-11-15T10:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T10:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285959\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T10:20:11","slug":"jannik-sinner-defeats-ben-shelton-at-atp-finals-ahead-of-semifinals-tennis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/285959\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner defeats Ben Shelton at ATP Finals ahead of semifinals | Tennis News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jannik Sinner stayed on course to defend his ATP Finals title, while Felix Auger-Aliassime claimed the last semi spot.<\/p>\n

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Canada\u2019s Felix Auger-Aliassime reached the last four of the ATP Finals with a 6-4 7-6(4) round-robin win over two-time winner Alexander Zverev on Friday, and Jannik Sinner extended his indoor hardcourt unbeaten run by beating American Ben Shelton.<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s Zverev and Auger-Aliassime both defeated Shelton and lost to Sinner to set up a winner-takes-all clash for the runners-up spot in the Bjorn Borg Group, and the Canadian clinched a place in Saturday\u2019s semifinal against world number one Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou want to be in the final, but I\u2019ll have to go through a great player to do that,\u201d Auger-Aliassime said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will take my chance if I have it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zverev was left to rue his failure to take any of his seven break points against Sinner, and it was a similarly frustrating story against the Canadian.<\/p>\n

The German held break points in both sets but again could not make them count, and the Canadian broke Zverev at 5-4 up to take the first set, before going on to win the second set tiebreak.<\/p>\n

Auger-Aliassime was put under pressure in the opening set, saving break points at 2-2 and 4-4, while Zverev came back from 0-40 down only to lose serve and hand the Canadian the set.<\/p>\n

Zverev spent much of the second set gesturing to his team, with Auger-Aliassime winning his first two service games to love before both players were guilty of throwing away chances to break.<\/p>\n

Auger-Aliassime let slip a 2-0 lead in the tiebreak, but when Zverev stepped up to serve at 4-5, the Canadian came through to earn consecutive minibreaks and send the German home.<\/p>\n

\"FelixCanada\u2019s Felix Auger-Aliassime celebrates after winning his group stage match against Germany\u2019s Alexander Zverev [Guglielmo Mangiapane\/Reuters]Sinner stays unbeaten<\/p>\n

Sinner is unbeaten in 29 matches on indoor hardcourt after a 6-3 7-6(3) victory over Shelton in their dead rubber round-robin match.<\/p>\n

There was a relaxed atmosphere in the Inalpi Arena as the Italian had already secured top spot in the group and a semifinal against Alex de Minaur.<\/p>\n

Shelton was broken in the opening and closing games of the first set, unable to take advantage of a break point at 2-1 down, while Sinner was always capable of pulling out an ace at the crucial time, hitting two in that fourth game to hold serve.<\/p>\n

The American put up more fight in the second set, serving to love on three occasions, rescuing a match point at 5-4 down and forcing Sinner into a tiebreak for the first time in the last two editions of the season-ending championships, before the Italian sealed the win.<\/p>\n

Sinner\u2019s chances of ending the year as world number one evaporated on Thursday when Alcaraz completed a clean sweep in the Jimmy Connors Group with a win over Lorenzo Musetti, leaving little at stake against Shelton apart from his unbeaten run.<\/p>\n

Before Sinner and Shelton emerged, Alcaraz was presented on court with the ATP year-end world number one trophy, which the Italian won last year, and the pair may yet do battle one last time in 2025 in Sunday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a pleasure being the number one of the world. It\u2019s something that I\u2019m working really hard for every day. It is a goal, to be honest,\u201d Alcaraz said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s a great achievement. It means the world to me and I\u2019m just really proud and happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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