Sinner vs. Medvedev rivalry among intriguing matchups at 2024 Nitto ATP Finals
pThe a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a draw was made on Thursday, allowing the players' final preparations to ramp up. /ppa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a, the 2020 champion, has fallen in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ilie-nastase/n008/overview'Ilie Nastase/a Group alongside World No. 1 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a. When the pair meet, it will be a thrilling repeat of last year's semi-final and bragging rights will be on the line as their Lexus ATP Head2Head series is tied at 7-7.nbsp;/ppATPTour.com assesses some of the other intriguing Lexus ATP Head2Head rivalries that will continue in Turin.nbsp;/ppstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ilie-nastase/n008/overview'Ilie Nastase/a Group/strongbr /strongSinner and Medvedev tied at 7-7/strongbr /After losing his first six meetings with Medvedev, Sinner has managed to shift the momentum firmly in his favour over the past two seasons. The 23-year-old holds a commanding 4-1 lead over Medvedev in 2024, highlighted by his thrilling comeback in the final of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a to win his maiden Grand Slam title./ppstrongSinner leads Fritz 2-1/strongbr /Fritz played the biggest match of his life against Sinner in the final of this yearrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a, but was unable to gain a foothold as the Italian cruised to a straight-sets victory. Fritz will, however, relish the opportunity to take revenge against Sinner in the group stages of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a./ppstrongSinner leads De Minaur 7-0/strongbr /Sinner holds a commanding lead in his Head2Head rivalry with De Minaur. In their seven battles, Sinner has dropped just one set to the Australian. Their most recent meeting came in the final of the ATP 500 in Rotterdam, which turned out to be Sinnerrsquo;s 12th consecutive win at the start of a blistering season./ppstrongMedvedev leads Fritz 1-0br /Medvedev leads De Minaur 6-3br /
De Minaur leads Fritz 5-3/strong/ppstrongema href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ilie-nastase/n008/overview'Ilie Nastase/a Group: Lexus ATP Head2Head wins/em/strong/ptable style="width: 100%;" tbody tr tdnbsp;/td tdnbsp;vs. strongSinner/strong/td tdnbsp;vs. strongMedvedev/strong/td tdvs. strongFritz/strong/td tdnbsp;vs. strongDe/strong strongMinaur/strong/td /tr tr tdstrongSinner/strong/td tdnbsp;-/td tdnbsp;7/td tdnbsp;2/td tdnbsp;7/td /tr tr tdstrongMedvedev/strong/td tdnbsp;7/td tdnbsp;-/td tdnbsp;1/td tdnbsp;6/td /tr tr tdstrongFritz/strong/td tdnbsp;1/td tdnbsp;0/td tdnbsp;-/td tdnbsp;3/td /tr tr tdstrongDe/strong strongMinaur/strong/td tdnbsp;0/td tdnbsp;3/td tdnbsp;5/td tdnbsp;-/td /tr /tbody/table[ATP APP]pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-newcombe/n044/overview'John Newcombe/a/strong strongGroup/strongbr /strongZverev and Alcaraz tied at 5-5/strongbr /Zverev and Alcarazrsquo;s intriguing rivalry reached boiling point in this yearrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a final. With the German leading 2-1 and on the cusp of winning his maiden major title, Alcaraz found some inspired tennis to level their Lexus ATP Head2Head record and move 2-1 in front on the season./ppstrongAlcaraz and Rublev tied at 1-1/strongbr /Rublev stunned Alcaraz in the quarter-finals of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/madrid/1536/overview'Mutua Madrid Open/a this year en route to clinching his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title and levelling their Head2Head series at 1-1. Their other meeting was a straight-sets win for the Spaniard in the group stages of last yearrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a, but could Rublev be out for some revenge in Turin?/ppstrongZverev leads Ruud 3-2/strongbr /Zverev rallied from a set down to defeat Ruud in the semi-finals at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a this year. The win was made sweeter not only because it was a reversal of the 2023 semi-final, which Ruud won, but it edged the German in front in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series./ppstrongAlcaraz leads Ruud 4-0br /
Rublev leads Ruud 5-2br /
Zverev leads Rublev 6-3/strong/ppstrongema href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-newcombe/n044/overview'John Newcombe/a Group: Lexus ATP Head2Head wins/em/strong/ptable style="width: 100%;" tbody tr tdnbsp;/td tdvs. strongZverev/strong/td tdvs. strongAlcaraz/strong/td tdvs. strongRuud/strong/td tdvs. strongRublev/strong/td /tr tr tdnbsp;strongZverev/strong/td tdnbsp;-/td tdnbsp;5/td tdnbsp;5/td tdnbsp;6/td /tr tr tdnbsp;strongAlcaraz/strong/td tdnbsp;5/td tdnbsp;-/td tdnbsp;4/td tdnbsp;1/td /tr tr tdnbsp;strongRuud/strong/td tdnbsp;2/td tdnbsp;0/td tdnbsp;-/td tdnbsp;2/td /tr tr tdnbsp;strongRublev/strong/td tdnbsp;3/td tdnbsp;1/td tdnbsp;5/td tdnbsp;-/td /tr /tbody/tablep[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p