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ATP Finals: Alexander Zverev Joins Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev In Semifinals

Alexander Zverev will meet Novak Djokovic in the semifinal of the season-ending event. Zverev lost to Djokovic at the Australian Open and US Open this year but won in the Tokyo Olympics.

ATP Finals: Alexander Zverev Joins Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev In Semifinals
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The top three players have advanced to the semifinals at the ATP World Tour Finals. (More Tennis News)

The third-ranked Alexander Zverev joined No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in the last four at the season-ending event for the top eight players after beating Hubert Hurkacz 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday.

Having qualified second in his group behind Medvedev, Zverev바카라™s semifinal opponent will be Djokovic, who won the other group.

Daniil Medvedev바카라™s semifinal opponent will be determined on Friday when Andrey Rublev meets Casper Ruud on the final day of round-robin play.

Alexander Zverev lost to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open and US Open this year but beat Djokovic at the Tokyo Olympics en-route to the gold medal.

바카라œWe played basically every single big event this year on hard court against each other,바카라 Zverev said. 바카라œSo it바카라™s only right that we play each other here as well. ... It바카라™s always close when we play each other, so I바카라™m looking forward to hopefully another tough one.바카라

Alexander Zverev, the 2018 champion at the finals, didn바카라™t face a single break point against Hubert Hurkacz, a first-time qualifier.

Both players served 11 aces amid quick conditions inside the Pala Alpitour.

바카라œThere is going to be a lot more long rallies (against Djokovic),바카라 Zverev said. 바카라œI think we are going to run a lot more. I think we are going to suffer, in a way, a lot more, as well.

바카라œEvery single match that we played we both needed to be at our best. One or two points decided the matches. I expect no different here.바카라

Alexander Zverev바카라™s victory meant that Daniil Medvedev바카라™s final group match later against Jannik Sinner 바카라” an alternate who replaced the injured Matteo Berrettini 바카라” was largely meaningless. Still, Medvedev won 6-0, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (8) 바카라” saving two match points in the third-set tiebreaker.

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