There "could have been better communication" in explaining the rules involved in Jannik Sinner's doping case, ATP Tour chairman Andrea Gaudenzi acknowledged Thursday. However, Gaudenzi said at the ATP Finals that anyone hinting that a double standard was applied because of top-ranked Sinner's status is "unfair because the rules have been the same.

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.

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