TURIN (Reuters) -Italian world number one Jannik Sinner eased past Daniil Medvedev 6-3 6-4 in their final group match on Thursday, leaving Taylor Fritz to seal a place in the semi-finals of the season-ending ATP Finals after the American defeated Alex de Minaur 5-7 6-4 6-3.

World number one Sinner only needed a set to deny Medvedev a place in the last four. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Jannik Sinner completed a perfect round-robin campaign with a 6-3 6-4 win over Daniil Medvedev at the ATP Finals. The world No. 1 will now enter the final four.

DANIIL Medvedev suffered a complete meltdown during his ATP Tour Finals game against Taylor Fritz. The Russian tennis star, 28, seemed to lose the plot when he was broken in the second set.

Jannik Sinner of Italy enters the court before the round robin match against Daniil Medvedev of Russia at the Nitto A

Things couldn’t get much better for Jannik Sinner at the ATP Finals so far — despite an ongoing doping case that likely won't be decided until early next year. Sinner and U.S. Open finalist Taylor Fritz advanced to the semifinals on Thursday at the season-ending tournament for the year's top eight players.

Taylor Fritz moved closer to the semis of the season-ending ATP Finals after the American beat Alex de Minaur 5-7 6-4 6-3 in their last group game on Thursday, but he will have to wait and see if Jannik Sinner can take a set off Daniil Medvedev.

Jannik Sinner capped a perfect group stage at the ATP Finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Daniil Medvedev on Thursday which eliminated his Russian rival.