Turin: Alexander Zverev took his second ATP Finals title after a stellar performance to beat Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 in Sunday’s final in Turin.
In Tokyo, Olympic singles gold medalist Zverev won his tour-leading sixth trophy of the season and ended a run of five straight losses to defending champion Medvedev.
The German third seed broke once in each set as he dethroned US Open winner Medvedev in 75 minutes and added to the crown he won in 2018 at the end of the season.
“It was great, I won the ATP Finals against someone I had lost five times in a row, so I got to play my best match,” Zverev said.
“I am happy with it and am now ready to go on holiday with this win.”
“It’s so special, I’m so thrilled and super happy right now,” he said.
“There is no better way than to win here, so obviously I am incredibly happy. But now I am already very much looking forward to next year.”
Both are missing in an incident of this year Roger Federer And Rafael Nadal, the ATP Finals, has proved to be the breakout stage for a new generation of tennis, with the Grand Slam still largely out of their reach.
It was also the first final since the tournament’s relocation from London to feature two players aged 25 or under since 2005.
Zverev, winner of Novak Djokovik In Saturday’s semi-final, the first blow came against Medvedev, breaking a 2-1 lead in the first set.
Russia avoided further damage by saving another break point in game five, but Zverev barely gave a sniff to Medvedev, winning 20 of 25 to take the opener.
Zverev broke again at the start of the second set and held on to the serve throughout the round, sealing the win with an ace to avenge his round-robin loss to Medvedev and an ATP-best 59th match win of the season. achieved.
He is the fourth player in tournament history to have achieved semi-final and final victories over the top two ranked players, and the first since Andre Agassi in 1990.
In Tokyo, Olympic singles gold medalist Zverev won his tour-leading sixth trophy of the season and ended a run of five straight losses to defending champion Medvedev.
The German third seed broke once in each set as he dethroned US Open winner Medvedev in 75 minutes and added to the crown he won in 2018 at the end of the season.
“It was great, I won the ATP Finals against someone I had lost five times in a row, so I got to play my best match,” Zverev said.
“I am happy with it and am now ready to go on holiday with this win.”
“It’s so special, I’m so thrilled and super happy right now,” he said.
“There is no better way than to win here, so obviously I am incredibly happy. But now I am already very much looking forward to next year.”
Both are missing in an incident of this year Roger Federer And Rafael Nadal, the ATP Finals, has proved to be the breakout stage for a new generation of tennis, with the Grand Slam still largely out of their reach.
It was also the first final since the tournament’s relocation from London to feature two players aged 25 or under since 2005.
Zverev, winner of Novak Djokovik In Saturday’s semi-final, the first blow came against Medvedev, breaking a 2-1 lead in the first set.
Russia avoided further damage by saving another break point in game five, but Zverev barely gave a sniff to Medvedev, winning 20 of 25 to take the opener.
Zverev broke again at the start of the second set and held on to the serve throughout the round, sealing the win with an ace to avenge his round-robin loss to Medvedev and an ATP-best 59th match win of the season. achieved.
He is the fourth player in tournament history to have achieved semi-final and final victories over the top two ranked players, and the first since Andre Agassi in 1990.
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