Former world primary Novak Djokovic beat second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in two tight units in his opening match of the ATP Finals in Turin.
The 35-year-old Serb overcame Tsitsipas of Greece 6-4 7-6 (7-4).
Djokovic is searching for to equal Roger Federer’s document of six victories within the season-ending match.
Earlier in the identical group, Russian Andrey Rublev got here from a set right down to beat compatriot Daniil Medvedev 6-7 (7-9) 6-3 7-6 (9-7).
Rublev, seeded sixth, held his nerve in a final-set tie-break to beat the fourth seed after squandering seven set factors within the opening set.
On Sunday, Rafael Nadal’s newest bid to lastly land the primary ATP Finals title of his profession began with a defeat by American eighth seed Taylor Fritz.
High seed Nadal will face Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime in his second Inexperienced Group round-robin match on Tuesday.
The Turin match sees eight of the yr’s finest males’s gamers break up into two teams of 4, with the highest two qualifying for the semi-finals.
In the meantime, Nice Britain’s Neal Skupski and Dutch associate Wes Koolhof gained their first males’s doubles match 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 10-5 towards Australian duo Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis.
The pair have loved unimaginable success of their first yr collectively, successful seven titles which have included Masters 1000 victories in Madrid, Montreal and Paris, and ending 2022 as year-end world quantity ones.
Former world primary Joe Salisbury, seeded second with American Rajeev Ram, will face fellow Brit Lloyd Glasspool and his Finnish associate Harri Heliovaara on Tuesday.
