Nitto ATP Finals
How Zverev discovered ‘large satisfaction’ in 2024 season
German has tallied a season-leading 66 match wins
November 08, 2024
Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour
Alexander Zverev is making his seventh Nitto ATP Finals look.
By ATP Workers
Is Alexander Zverev poised for a Nitto ATP Finals hat trick?
The German, who triumphed on the season finale in 2018 and 2021, is driving a wave of momentum as he enters this yr’s version on a five-match win streak following his dominant run to the Rolex Paris Masters title. It marked Zverev’s seventh ATP Masters 1000 crown — and his second this season after additionally claiming the Rome title.
After a profitable comeback season in 2023, throughout which Zverev certified for Turin, the 27-year-old has now firmly reestablished himself on the sport’s greatest occasions.
“In 2023, I didn’t really feel like I used to be aggressive in large occasions, I used to be distant from profitable them. With the ability to compete and make Grand Slam finals, win Masters 1000 occasions, that may be a large satisfaction to me as a result of there have been clearly query marks if I used to be ever going to try this once more after the harm,” Zverev instructed ATP Media when reflecting on his 2024 season.
“It was the primary yr the place I used to be aggressive once more in large occasions. I’m pleased with the place I’m.”
Now setting his sights on one other vital stage, Zverev is making his seventh Nitto ATP Finals look. Since 2017, the one yr he didn’t qualify for the season finale was in 2022, when he was compelled to close down his yr at Roland Garros attributable to a extreme ankle harm.
The sphere of eight gamers consists of simply two former champions: Zverev and Daniil Medvedev. The Hamburg native is the one participant competing that has gained the occasion a number of instances. [Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic qualified but is not competing.]
“I feel coming in and taking part in probably the greatest eight gamers on this planet straight off is a really tough factor to do. It’s important to be targeted, you must be prepared from the get go,” Zverev mentioned. “I’m trying ahead to this week.”
Boasting a season-leading 66 match wins, Zverev is positioned in The John Newcombe Group alongside Carlos Alcaraz, Casper Ruud and Andrey Rublev. Zverev will start his marketing campaign Monday towards Rublev, who the German leads 6-3 of their Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence.
“[He’s a] highly effective, extraordinarily quick participant,” mentioned Zverev, World No. 2 within the PIF ATP Rankings. “He tries to overpower you. A very powerful factor towards him is to not let him.”
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