I love Italy so much and I hope Italy loves tennis just as much."
I think this one has topped it and I can’t wait to play in Italy every single time in my career. "Rome every year is one of my favourite tournaments of the year. It’s the loudest crowd, it’s the most energetic crowd," Zverev said. “What does make it so special in Italy is the fans, because the fans are absolutely insane.
The city embraced the event from the moment the players arrived until the last ball when fans cheered Zverev’s victory. The Nitto ATP Finals made its debut in Turin this year after a 12-year stay in London. Finishing the season like this is a great achievement.” I think we played our best match of the week. “We lost to them in the round robin, when they played amazing, and today we knew we had to play our best level. “It is an amazing feeling winning here for a second time,” Mahut said. This was their sixth appearance as a duo at the year-end championships. Herbert and Mahut became the eighth team - and the first all-French pair - to win the season finale on multiple occasions. But the third seeds got their revenge on Sunday when they stormed past the American-British duo in straight sets to lift the Nitto ATP Finals trophy for the second time. Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut lost their second Red Group match against Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in a Match Tie-break.
“I will try to do my best, try to win more titles, try to be in the finals of big tournaments,” Medvedev said. Medvedev did not become the first repeat Nitto ATP Finals champion since Djokovic’s four-peat from 2012-15, but that will not stop him from pushing to win the biggest events. 2’s nine-match winning streak at the event. But while he rallied from a set down last year against Dominic Thiem for the title, he was unable to battle back against Zverev, who did not lose serve in the final to snap the World No. Medvedev appeared well-positioned to successfully defend his Nitto ATP Finals title, but fell just short at the season finale.įor the second consecutive year, the Russian advanced to the championship match with an undefeated 4-0 record. Zverev is the only person who has triumphed twice during that span.Ģ) Medvedev Falls Just Short Of Title Defence This was the fifth consecutive year a player outside the Big Four of Djokovic, Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray has won the Nitto ATP Finals. He finishes 2021 tied for his career-high FedEx ATP Ranking of World No. Zverev previously captured the crown at The O2 in London three years ago, when he defeated Djokovic and Roger Federer en route to his victory. I am incredibly happy and I am already looking forward to next year.” “There is no better way to end the season than winning here. “It is special, and I am super thrilled and happy right now,” Zverev added. Zverev is the fourth player in Nitto ATP Finals history to defeat the top two players in the FedEx ATP Rankings in the semi-finals and final, joining Ivan Lendl (1982), Stefan Edberg (1989) and Andre Agassi (1990). 1 Novak Djokovic in a gripping three-setter in the last four and then served past Medvedev 6-4, 6-4 in the championship match to claim the trophy. After losing against Medvedev in a final-set tie-break in round-robin play, he clawed into the semi-finals and never looked back. It is safe to say Zverev earned his second Nitto ATP Finals title. Alexander Zverev ended the ATP Tour season on a high Sunday evening when he defeated Daniil Medvedev for the Nitto ATP Finals title, completing a thrilling week in Turin.Ī looks back at five takeaways from the week at the season finale.
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