Alexander Zverev beats Novak Djokovic 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal at the Nitto ATP Finals on Saturday. Zverev will square off with Daniil Medvedev in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes. Alexander won this tournament once in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Novak Djokovic Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:28
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 98 points vs. Novak’s 90.
Zverev
Alexander served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (54/69) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (17/27) on his second serve. Zverev fired 14 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The German won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Djokovic
On the other side, Djokovic was battling in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Djokovic is 4-7 for Novak.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Zverev will play Medvedev in the final.
This will be the 12th time that Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev play each other. The head to head is 6-5 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 4-2 on I.hard.
The last time that they played each other, Medvedev won 6-3 6-73 7-66 in the R in Turin back in November 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. Eventually, Alexander won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
The German won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Novak won a minibreak in the 7th (3-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Zverev was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Djokovic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They contested 77 points. The contest during this set was so even that Alexander won only 1 point more than the Serbian (39-38). Alexander dropped 10 points on serve (29-10). on the other side of the net, Djokovic conceded 10 points on serve (28-10).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Novak clinched in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Djokovic was unerring in converting all his break points in the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Novak didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 61 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Serbian won only 1 point more than Alexander (31-30). The Serbian dropped 11 points on serve (23-11). In addition, on the other side, Zverev conceded 8 points on serve (19-8).
Similarly to the 2nd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Alexander conquered in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The German converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Djokovic wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They contested 49 points. Alexander was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Djokovic (28-21). The German dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). On the other side, Novak conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (7-64 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Casper RuudRuud (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (5-6) – H2H details and stats
