The German Alexander Zverev beat the Spanish in two straight sets 7-6 (5) and 6-4 Carlos Alcaraz in one hour and 57 minutes to get among the four best in the ATP Finals as leader of the John Newcombe Group, where he was left with three wins and zero losses, and will face the American Taylor Fritz.
This time, Zverev managed to tip the balance in his favor in the heads-up against Alcaraz, since the Murcian won his two most recent duels: at the ATP Masters 1000 in Indian Wells and at Roland Garros, where he won the qualification.
The German had serve as his main strength and did not let the Spaniard break him when it was his turn to serve, with 5 aces and 81 percent of points won. Furthermore, he was very strong in every opportunity to break and he was able to do so seven times and in the tie-break he sealed a 5-2 gap that the Murcian could not recover.
Despite the fact that Alcaraz had two break opportunities when he was 2-3 and Zverev got around him well in his only dangerous service situation in the entire match with four consecutive points. The Spaniard’s attempts were neutralized by Zverev.
For his part, the Norwegian Casper Ruud He also advanced to the semifinals after beating Russian Andrey Rublev in three sets 6-4, 5-7 and 6-2 in one of the most even duels of the ATP Finals. The world number seven will play against the Italian Jannik Sinner.
The duel was very even, with a Russian who was able to recover after 4-6 in the first set and even broke the Norwegian several times to take the second with a hard-fought 7-5.
For the last set, Ruud was firm and was able to win the match after beating the Russian with a hard 6-2.
Source: Ambito
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