The 20-year-old will compete at the Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF for the second consecutive year. Basavereddy reached the semi-finals in Auckland at the start of the season and earned tour-level wins in Cincinnati, Winston-Salem and Hangzhou.

Rajeev Ram has been a major inspiration and support for Basavareddy for more than a decade. They met at a tennis camp in southern California ran by their mutual coach Bryan Smith when Basavereddy was eight. Learn more about the American's relationship with Ram here.