Tennis – ATP Finals – Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy – November 21, 2021 Germany’s Alexander Zverev celebrates kissing the trophy after profitable his remaining match towards Russia’s Daniil Medvedev REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
TURIN, Italy – Germany’s Alexander Zverev capped a memorable yr by sweeping apart Russian world quantity two and defending champion Daniil Medvedev 6-4 6-4 to win the ATP Finals on Sunday, claiming the title for the second time in his profession.
The 24-year-old Zverev, who didn’t face a single break level within the remaining, has now received six titles in six finals this yr – together with Olympic gold in Tokyo and two Masters titles in Madrid and Cincinnati.
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Zverev, who additionally beat world primary Novak Djokovic on Saturday, turned solely the fourth participant to beat the highest two gamers on the earth within the semis and remaining of the season-ending event.
Victory was additionally candy revenge for Zverev, who misplaced in three units to Medvedev within the spherical robin stage and got here into the match having misplaced his final 5 conferences towards the Russian.
“You retain speaking concerning the excellent match… It was nice. I imply within the remaining towards any individual I had misplaced 5 instances in a row, so I needed to play one among my greatest matches,” Zverev stated in a post-match interview.
“I’m pleased about that, pleased to go on holidays with this win now… There’s no higher technique to finish this season than profitable right here, so I’m clearly pretty pleased, however I’m additionally now very a lot wanting ahead to subsequent yr already.”
Zverev misplaced the primary 5 factors of the match however rapidly modified gears to win 12 of the subsequent 13, taking the early break and going 3-1 up very quickly.
The German hardly put a foot unsuitable thereafter and was at his aggressive greatest from the baseline and the online to place Medvedev on the again foot, serving out the opening set and wrapping it up in 33 minutes.
Medvedev continued to battle together with his function Zverev broke him within the opening recreation of the second set to pile the stress on the reigning U.S. Open champion.
Though Medvedev briefly discovered his groove at 3-2 down within the second set, the German instantly slammed the door shut to disclaim a break level alternative.
Zverev’s means to cowl the court docket with lengthy strides additionally proved an excessive amount of for Medvedev, who appeared to search out angles for passing pictures however rapidly discovered himself scampering to remain within the rally.
With the writing on the wall, the Turin crowd tried to induce Medvedev to drive a decider however Zverev was firmly in management, sealing the title together with his eighth ace.
Earlier, French duo Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut received their second ATP Finals doubles title by beating American Rajeev Ram and Briton Joe Salisbury 6-4 7-6(0).
After their victory, Mahut signed the digital camera with the message “The place is Peng Shuai”, the Chinese language former doubles primary, whose security and whereabouts have been a priority since she accused a former vice-premier of China of sexual assault.
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