Nitto ATP Finals—Turin, Italy
Zverev Defeats Alcaraz to Reach Turin Semifinals
Friday’s action at the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy featured No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev reach the semifinals, defeating No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(5), 6-4.
In a match that lasted three minutes shy of two hours, Zverev used his monster serve and elite backhand to hit nine aces and strike 29 winners.
Improving to 6-5 in his head-to-head matches with Alcaraz, Zverev will now await Taylor Fritz in Saturday’s semifinals.
Fritz advanced to the final four when he defeated Alex de Minuar in three sets on Thursday.
With his defeat, Alcaraz will now shift his focus to helping Team Spain win the Davis Cup Finals next week in Malaga, Spain.
Alcaraz will join Rafael Nadal in his final event as a professional player. The 38-year-old and 22-time Major winner will call it career after next week’s team event.
Still to come on Friday in Turin, Casper Ruud will attempt to reach the semifinals with a victory over Andrey Rublev.
Ruud defeated Alcaraz earlier this week, but lost to Zverev on Wednesday. Rublev has lost both matches this week to Zverev and Alcaraz.
Weekend at Sinner’s
Top seed Jannik Sinner still remains the overwhelming favourite to capture the title this week in Turin, Italy.
The local hero has packed the stadium at the Inalpi Arena the entire week and this weekend will be no different.
Sinner has won seven titles on the year, including two Majors in Australia and New York and three Masters 1000 titles in Miami, Cincinnati and Shanghai.
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