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Alexander Zverev, winner of the season-ending Masters following his victory over Daniil Medvedev in Turin on November 21.
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The victory concludes a particularly prolific season for the 24-year-old German, who has won six titles this year, including Olympic champion in Tokyo this summer. With 59 victories to his name, he is the player who has won the most matches in 2021.
“It’s really special for me, I’m really delighted and very happy. There is no better way to end the season. I can’t wait to start the next one.”Zverev said on court immediately after his triumph.
His track record now has 19 titles in total. He only needs a first Grand Slam title to establish his position as a possible successor to the Big 3 (Novak Djokovic – Rafael Nadal – Roger Federer) which has dominated world tennis for the past ten years.
“I showed that I can win in the different levels (of tournaments). I’m just missing one. I hope I can reach it next year “, added Zverev, questioned at a press conference on the next goals he is aiming for.
In the semifinals, the native of Hamburg had beaten the world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, in search of a sixth Masters title which would have enabled him to equal the record of Roger Federer, he who had already deprived the Serbian of his first Olympic title this summer.
The lethal weapon of service
And when Zverev beats Djokovic, it gives him wings. Sunday, November 21, it is therefore the world No. 2, recently titled at the Masters 1000 in Paris after winning his first Grand Slam this fall at the US Open, who suffered his law. It is the first time since 1990 and André Agassi that a winner of the Masters has managed to beat the two world leaders to win.
Impeccable on service (8 aces including one on the match point, 83% of points gained behind his first serve), Zverev, who had already won at the Masters in London in 2018, made the break very quickly in both sets (3e game in the first and entry in the second) to dominate a Medvedev a little down from the first ball (58% of first serves). The German didn’t have to save a single break point in the entire match.
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Daniil Medvedev facing Alexander Zverev in the ATP Masters final in Turin on November 21.
Photo: AFP / VNA / CVN |
“Service was definitely the key today. And in that, he was so much better than me”, admitted Medvedev, stressing the importance of this weapon on the particularly fast surface of Turin. “I really missed something today. I could have served better, for sure, after that I was maybe a little tired, maybe mentally I was not quite up to it. 100%, it’s hard to say “.
The Russian had however beaten Zverev in their last five confrontations, with in particular an expeditious victory in the semi-final in Paris at the beginning of the month (6-2, 6-2) and a success again this week in the group stage of this Masters after a fight of 2:35 (6-3, 6-7, 7-6).
“You beat me five times in a row, so thank you for letting me win this time”, Zverev joked just after receiving his trophy, paying tribute to his opponent of the day. “You are the leader of our generation”, he stressed.
But Sunday, November 21, in this final which brought together for the first time since 2005 two players of 25 years or less, there was however no photo between two of the strong men of this season. The German only needed 1h15 to overcome the Russian and take his revenge. The two men are now tied in their confrontations (6 wins each).
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