Alexander Zverev Faces Felix Auger-Aliassime in ATP World Tour Finals Match
Overview
The typical complications of tournament pool play typically lead to at this point of the ATP Finals viewers are commonly confused, scrambling about for a calculator and attempting to calculate the complex permutations of qualification. However today's game between Alexander Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime, fortunately, is easy. This is a winner-takes-all affair: the successful player sets up a semi-final contest against Carlos Alcaraz at this season-ending event; the unsuccessful competitor heads out.
Zverev is the favourite for this: the third-ranked player is the player with greater achievements, has been the champion at this competition twice before and leads their head-to-head 6-3, winning both their past encounters on an covered hard surface.
But … this is the surface on which the Canadian has won most of his championships, he’s riding a high after his impressive recovery against Shelton on Wednesday and he defeated Zverev in the US Open early stage in August. Additionally, the playing speed is higher in the host city than at Flushing Meadows, which is even more beneficial in the Canadian's favor.
If the German player is reserved, similar to his performance against Sinner, and Felix aggressively challenges the German with his stinging serves and bold strategy, there is a strong chance the young Canadian – the one-time phenom who was previously positioned before the younger champions to take over from the tennis icons – who secures the dubious honour of competing with the top-ranked player on Saturday.
Action commences: at approximately 8:30 PM in Turin, 19:30 Greenwich Mean Time.
