Alexander Zverev bests Matteo Berrettini 7-6(7) 1-0 ret. in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Sunday. Zverev will square off with 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
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 66 points vs. Matteo’s 57.
Zverev
Zverev blasted 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The German wasn’t able to conquer any break point to win the match only at the breakers.
Berrettini
On the other side, Matteo wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, 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 face Djokovic in the semifinal.
This will be the 11th time that Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic clash 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 played, 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
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Alexander won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.
Tiebreak
The German won 3 minibreaks in the 9th (4-5), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, the Italian 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 lost 12 points on serve (26-12). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 22 points on serve (30-22).
The German won the set after he broke Matteo .
Alexander 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. Alexander was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Berrettini (10-5). Alexander was just too strong on serve to concede barely 1 point during his serving games (4-1). On the other side, Matteo conceded 6 points on serve (4-6).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zverev clinched in the 40th game ([A-40]) before ultimately winning the set ([A-40]).
This was the tiebreak sequence:
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. In addition on the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 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 unchallenged on serve to concede not even a single point during his serving games (0-0). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 0 points on serve (0-0).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Casper RuudRuud – Andrey RublevRublev (2-6 7-5 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-0 6-75 7-68) – 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
- 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 – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-3) – H2H details and stats
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Casper RuudRuud (2-0) – H2H details and stats