Alcaraz completes 3-0 group run to seal semifinals and reaffirm world No. 1 in Turin
Carlos Alcaraz reached the semifinals of the ATP Finals 2025 on Thursday after a commanding win over Lorenzo Musetti, sealing a 6-4, 6-1 victory that confirmed his place atop the ATP rankings for the season. The Spaniard needed a perfect group-stage run to outpace Jannik Sinner in their year-end battle, and he delivered by going 3-0 to clinch the ATP Year-End No. 1 for the second time, after 2022. His win also completed a dominant week in which he topped the Jimmy Connors Group with full control.
The result carried the weight of an entire season in which Alcaraz established himself as the ATP Tour’s most consistent force. At 22, he now becomes only the second active player with multiple year-end No. 1 finishes, joining Novak Djokovic. His campaign opened with a quarterfinal showing at the Australian Open, the major still missing from his collection, before he surged into full rhythm on every surface.
Against Musetti, the numbers reflected total authority with 83 % of first-serve points won, three breaks converted, and a 64-44 points tally. Alcaraz now prepares for Saturday’s semifinal against the winner of Alexander Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime. Two more wins would close a season already defined by excellence and complete dominance.
Alcaraz captured a Tour-leading eight titles in 2025, including Roland Garros and the US Open, Monte-Carlo, Rome, Cincinnati, and triumphs in Rotterdam, London and Tokyo. The eight trophies mark his highest single-season haul. His victories in Paris and New York elevated him to the second-youngest man in the Open Era to own six major titles, trailing only Bjorn Borg at the same age.
The Roland Garros final captured his competitive edge, as he saved three championship points against Sinner in a five-hour-and-29-minute epic to become the ninth man in the Open Era to rally from two sets down in a major final and the first to do it in Paris since 2004. His hard-court form matched that standard, with a near-perfect US Open run that cost him only one set and placed him among the few men with multiple Slam titles on clay, grass and hard courts.
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