Alcaraz seemed in firm control of the opening set. He had already broken De Minaur to love and threatened to do the same in the sixth game to go 5-1 up, but the Australian fought back to deuce before staving off another break point and then taking the game.
De Minaur then broke back and took the set to a tiebreaker where he had a 5-3 advantage before Alcaraz rallied.
The 22-year-old Alcaraz dominated the second set, dropping his serve early but winning all the other games and sealing the victory with a cross-court backhand on his second match point.
Taylor Fritz is also in the Jimmy Connors group with Alcaraz, de Minaur and Lorenzo Musetti, who replaced the injured Novak Djokovic.
The Bjorn Borg group has Sinner, Zverev, Shelton and Felix Auger-Aliassime.
🖥️📲REPLAY: Alexander Zverev def. Ben Shelton, 2025 ATP Finals RR
