Zverev Battles Felix Auger-Aliassime in ATP World Tour Finals Match
Overview
The occupational hazards of tournament pool play often result in by this stage of the ATP Finals fans frequently find themselves confused, scrambling about for a mathematical tool and striving to determine the mind-boggling permutations of qualification. However tonight’s match between Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime, thankfully, is simple. It's a direct elimination: the victor sets up a final four battle against Alcaraz at this year-end tournament; the unsuccessful competitor is eliminated.
Zverev is the predicted winner for this: the world No 3 is the player with greater achievements, has been the champion at this competition previously on two instances and holds the advantage in their personal record six matches to three, securing victories in both their past encounters on an enclosed hard court.
However … this particular court on which the Canadian has won the bulk of his trophies, he is in great form after his impressive recovery against Ben Shelton on recently and he defeated Zverev in the US Championships third round in late summer. Additionally, conditions are faster in Turin than at Flushing Meadows, which provides an additional advantage in Auger-Aliassime's benefit.
If the German player is reserved, as he did against the Italian, and Auger-Aliassime takes it to the German with his stinging serves and confident shots, there is a strong chance the North American athlete – the earlier standout who was once in line before Alcaraz and Sinner to take over from the tennis icons – who obtains the questionable privilege of competing with the world No 1 on Saturday.
The match starts: at around 20:30 in the host city, 7.30pm GMT.
