Alexander Zverev Takes On Auger-Aliassime in Season-Ending Championships Match
Overview
The typical complications of group stage tennis often result in at this point of the ATP World Tour Finals viewers are commonly puzzled, searching around for a computing device and attempting to calculate the brain-busting qualification scenarios. Yet tonight’s match between Alexander Zverev and Auger-Aliassime, thankfully, is straightforward. It’s a straight shootout: the victor earns a semifinal contest against Alcaraz at this year-end tournament; the defeated player goes home.
Zverev is the predicted winner for this: the third-ranked player is the more accomplished player, has previously won at this event twice before and is ahead in their direct encounters with six victories against three defeats, securing victories in both the games they've played on an covered hard surface.
However … this particular court on which the Canadian has won the majority of his titles, he’s riding a high after his impressive recovery against Ben Shelton on midweek and he defeated the German in the US Championships third round in late summer. Additionally, the playing speed is higher in the host city than at Flushing Meadows, which is even more beneficial in AA’s favour.
If Zverev holds back, similar to his performance against the Italian, and Felix aggressively challenges the German with his powerful serves and confident shots, it could well be the young Canadian – the earlier standout who was once in line in front of the younger champions to replace the tennis icons – who obtains the questionable privilege of playing against the global leader the next day.
Play begins: at approximately 8:30 PM in Turin, 19:30 Greenwich Mean Time.
