ATP Finals 2024 day one preview: Order of play, how to watch and key matches with Jannik Sinner in action

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Look ahead to day one of the 2024 ATP Finals with The Tennis Gazette, as we look at the full order of play and how to watch with Jannik Sinner among the stars in action.

Eight of the best ATP Tour players have flown into Turin, Italy to fight for glory at the season-ending tournament. Sinner has enjoyed a sensational 2024, and will close the season as the World No1 after securing the top spot en route to winning the Shanghai Masters in October.

Glory in China capped an already excellent campaign for the Italian after Sinner won his first Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open and the US Open. He will now bid to reach the final of the 2024 ATP Finals and a possible date with fellow Grand Slam champion, Carlos Alcaraz.

Sinner is among the first singles players in action at the 2024 ATP Finals after being placed in the Ilie Nastase Group as the top seed. Alexander Zverev as the No2 seed headlines the John Newcombe Group, in which Alcaraz was placed ahead of the event in Thursday’s draw.

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A match with ATP Finals debutant Alex de Minaur awaits Sinner in the day one order of play. The Australian received qualification for the tournament in Turin at the final moment due to defending champion Novak Djokovic withdrawing from the ATP Finals to recover from injury.

So, with that in mind, The Tennis Gazette takes a look at the full order of play for day one of the 2024 ATP Finals and how fans in America can watch every match from Turin live on TV…

ATP Finals 2024 day one full order of play

The 2024 ATP Finals will start on Sunday, November 10 at 11:30 local time in Turin, making it an early rise for tennis American fans with 05:30 in New York and also 02:30 in Los Angeles. All times listed below are local time in Italy, currently using Central European Standard Time.

Day one at the 2024 ATP Finals:

11:30 – Doubles: Wesley Koolhof / Nikola Mektic vs Max Purcell / Jordan Thompson

14:00 – Singles: Daniil Medvedev vs Taylor Fritz

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18:00 – Doubles: Marcel Granollers / Horacio Zeballos vs Harri Heliovaara / Henry Patten

20:30 – Singles: Jannik Sinner vs Alex de Minaur

Daniil Medvedev vs Taylor Fritz head-to-head record

The draw for the group stage of the 2024 ATP Finals threw up the second-ever career match between Daniil Medvedev and Taylor Fritz. Prior to their tussle in Turin, the pair had only met at the 2022 ATP Masters 1,000 Cincinnati when Medvedev won 7-6, 6-3 in the quarter-final.

Jannik Sinner vs Alex de Minaur head-to-head record

Sinner and De Minaur are no strangers ahead of their day one tie at the 2024 ATP Finals. It is technically the ninth career meeting between the Italian and Australian on the ATP Tour. But De Minaur has never beaten Sinner on a court, so will now aim to upset the home favourite.

The only time that De Minaur has progressed in a tournament in which he was scheduled to play Sinner was the 2023 ATP Masters 1,000 Paris. But he only progressed from the round of 16 as the Italian withdrew over insufficient recovery time after facing Mackenzie McDonald.

Sinner withdrew from his clash with De Minaur at the 2023 ATP Masters 1,000 Paris planned for a 17:00 start time having started his match with McDonald just after midnight and it only finished at 02:37. Now, De Minaur goes for a first on-court win over Sinner at the ATP Finals.

How to watch day one of the 2024 ATP Finals live in the USA

Tennis fans in the USA can watch every match on day one of the 2024 ATP Finals live on TV or stream online via the Tennis Channel. Coverage starts at 05:30 EST and continues all day.