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Bjorn Borg Group
- Jannik Sinner
- Alexander Zverev
- Ben Shelton
- Felix Auger-Aliassime OR Lorenzo Musetti
Sinner is 42-3 on hard courts over the past year, and he comes into this event off back-to-back titles in Vienna and Paris. The Italian has fine-tuned his serve recently, and has also added more variety to his baseline game. After a thumping loss to Alcaraz at the US Open, Sinner vowed to become less predictable from the baseline, and he’s delivering: more drop shots, net rushes and creative groundstroke placement. Still, he shouldn’t need those wrinkles just to make it through group play—it would be surprising if he didn’t. However, the new elements could pay off deeper in the event.
The other semifinal berth will be intriguing. If Auger-Aliassime qualifies, there’s a chance he nabs a spot in the final four. He’s in impressive hard-court form (14-3 since the US Open), winning Brussels and nearly taking Paris, ultimately losing a tight one to Sinner. Auger-Aliassime also beat Zverev at Flushing Meadows.
Should Musetti land the final spot instead, Zverev becomes the favorite to advance. It’s tough to see him losing to anyone but Sinner, especially given his strong history in this event.
