At the beginning of these ATP Finals, the “FAZ” came up with the funny title “Djokovic and the seven dwarfs”.
Dwarfs because the superstar has won 20 times as many Grand Slam titles as the other seven participants in the addition.
Nothing about these proportions when Jannik Sinner and Cameron Norrie stepped into the ring as successors.
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Djokovic has the say in the world elite.
The rest of the field can only take note of these words in amazement, because no one was in first place in the world rankings. Not even Daniil Medvedev, who at least knows the feeling of winning a major tournament. Explosively, he hurt Djokovic with it.
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With that, the Grand Slam was gone. There were two great battles in which Djokovic could not repel the attack of the younger generation.
What did the industry leader do?
A statement victory.
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This is exactly what Djokovic has in mind for the ATP Finals in Turin’s Pala Alpitour. At the end of the season he wants to make it clear again that he is not willing to vacate his place on the tennis throne in the foreseeable future. And it’s about winning the final event after a six-year dry spell.
A completely different caliber – and certainly not a dwarf, to stay in the picture of the “FAZ”.
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Zverev is an opponent who sees himself at eye level with Djokovic. “I now have two more matches ahead of me,” said the 24-year-old mischievously on the offensive with the number one before the showdown. He expected an entertaining spectacle. “There will be a lot of long rallies, we will run and suffer a lot,” believes Zverev.
But: Djokovic should only be a stopover on the way to the second title.
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There are currently only a handful of professionals on the tour who would go into a big match against the Serbs with such big chests.
And that’s exactly what makes this semi-final so attractive.
Djokovic wants to defy age and finish the week as the oldest finals champion, while Zverev wants to prove that the time of arguably the greatest player in history has slowly come.
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