Alexander Zverev downs Matteo Berrettini 7-6(7) 1-0 ret. in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Sunday. Zverev will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Novak Djokovic in the semifinal. The epic lasted 5 hours and 18 minutes. The German won this tournament once in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Berrettini Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:41
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 66 points vs. Matteo’s 57.
Zverev
Alexander fired 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Alexander wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the breakers.
Berrettini
On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Berrettini is 4-1 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Zverev will take on Djokovic in the semifinal.
This will be the 11th time that Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic fight against each other. The head to head is 7-3 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 4-6 6-2 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the semifinal in New York back in September 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Alexander won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.
Tiebreak
Alexander won 3 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Berrettini won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 6th (4-2) and 14th (7-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Alexander surrendered 12 points on serve (26-12). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 22 points on serve (30-22).
The German won the set after he broke Berrettini .
The German converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (-1- 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 15 points. The German won 5 points more than Berrettini (10-5). Alexander was absolutely perfect on serve to concede only 1 point during his serving games (4-1). Regarding the other side of the net, Berrettini conceded 6 points on serve (4-6).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the German grabbed in the 40th game ([A-40]) prior to finally winning the set ([A-40]).
This was the tiebreak sequence:
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Alexander didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 0 points. This set was so close that, Zverev won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Zverev was flawless on serve to drop not even a single point during his serving games (0-0). on the other side of the court, Berrettini conceded 0 points on serve (0-0).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Casper RuudRuud – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-73 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-67 1-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Casper RuudRuud (4-0) – H2H details and stats
