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Audacious swinging volley winners. Serve-and-volleying. An ace out wide on his first match point — with his second serve.바카라 웹사이트(More Tennis News)바카라 웹사이트
Alexander Zverev showed off new, more aggressive, tactics in a dominant 6-4, 6-4 win over second-ranked Daniil Medvedev on Sunday to lift the trophy at the ATP Finals for the second time.
A day after beating top-ranked Novak Djokovic over three sets in the semifinals, Zverev raised his game to a new dimension.
“It was definitely a game plan," Zverev said. "He라이브 바카라 one of the best baseline players in the world, and against him you need to take control over the points, and I did that today and that라이브 바카라 why it worked out very well for me.”
It was a similar approach to how Djokovic beat Medvedev in the Paris Masters final earlier this month, when the Serb attacked the net more often than usual.
“He라이브 바카라 been playing great tennis for a while but now he라이브 바카라 also playing very intelligent tennis,” said Zverev라이브 바카라 older brother and fellow pro, Mischa, who has been coaching him in the absence of Alexander Zverev Sr.
“He라이브 바카라 improving his game,” Mischa said in an on-court interview shortly after the final, as Zverev was still basking in the crowd and signing autographs. “I’ve seen him hit his backhand slice approach shot and hit a volley drop shot to finish off the point, serve-and-volley. ... I really enjoyed watching it.”
Mischa, a pure serve-and-volleyer who reached a career-high ranking of No. 25 in 2017, is clearly urging his brother to come forward more.바카라 웹사이트
At 6-foot-6 (1.98-meters) and with a huge wingspan, Zverev can be quite an imposing figure at the net.
“That라이브 바카라 what I told him. I’m like, ‘Just be creative and play smart, play with your heart and your brain,’” Mischa said. “That라이브 바카라 what he was doing. He wasn’t just playing solid tennis, he was playing mostly creative tennis.”
Daniil Medvedev, the US Open champion, won this event last year and had beaten Alexander Zverev five consecutive times.
“There라이브 바카라 no better way to end the season than winning here,” Zverev said. “I’m also now very much looking forward to next year already.”
The ATP Finals title culminates quite a year for Alexander Zverev, who also won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and has now finished 2021 with more wins on tour — 59, one more than Daniil Medvedev — than anyone else.
The main thing missing in Alexander Zverev라이브 바카라 trophy collection is a Grand Slam title, having lost an epic final to Dominic Thiem in last year라이브 바카라 US Open final, when Zverev served for the title in the deciding fifth set.
“I kind of succeeded on every level and there라이브 바카라 one thing missing," Zverev said. "So I hope I can do that next year.”
Daniil Medvedev said that Alexander Zverev "is capable of beating anybody". "He definitely can win a Grand Slam because it라이브 바카라 just obvious,” the Russian added.
“But he라이브 바카라 not the only one. That라이브 바카라 where it gets tough. ... You need to win seven matches to be a Grand Slam champion. Is he capable? Yes. Is he going to do it? We never know.”
Added Mischa on the prospects of a major title: “It라이브 바카라 coming. You never know. I can’t predict the future but I feel like it could be coming.”
The final was a rematch of a round-robin encounter on Tuesday, when Daniil Medvedev beat Alexander Zverev in a third-set tiebreaker.
This one went Zverev라이브 바카라 way from the start, as the German crushed a huge backhand to the corner then benefitted from a net-cord winner to break Medvedev라이브 바카라 serve in the third game of the match.
Helped by fast conditions inside the Pala Alpitour, Zverev was virtually untouchable on his serve, winning 20 of 25 service points in the first set. Zverev broke again in the opening game of the second set and hardly wavered the rest of the way.
This marked the first edition of the season-ending event for the top eight players in Turin — after 12 years in London, where Zverev won his first finals title in 2018.
“Obviously London was an incredible event but I think ... Italy has topped it,” Zverev said. “What makes it so special here in Italy is the fans, because the fans are absolutely insane," Zverev added. "It라이브 바카라 the loudest crowd, it라이브 바카라 the most energetic crowd.”
Earlier, Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won the doubles title by beating Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury 6-4, 7-6 (0).
