Zverev Takes On Auger-Aliassime in ATP World Tour Finals Showdown
Introduction
The typical complications of round-robin tennis often result in at this point of the ATP World Tour Finals viewers are commonly puzzled, scrambling about for a mathematical tool and attempting to calculate the brain-busting permutations of qualification. However today's game between Alexander Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime, mercifully, is simple. This is a winner-takes-all affair: the winner sets up a semi-final contest against Alcaraz at this championship finale; the defeated player goes home.
Zverev is the predicted winner for this: the third-ranked player is the more accomplished player, has been the champion at this event previously on two instances and leads their head-to-head 6-3, securing victories in both the games they've played on an indoor hard court.
Yet … this type of playing field on which Felix has secured the majority of his titles, he is full of confidence after his compelling comeback against Shelton on Wednesday and he took out Zverev in the US Championships third round in August. Plus, the playing speed is higher in the host city than at Flushing Meadows, which provides an additional advantage in AA’s favour.
If Zverev holds back, similar to his performance against Sinner, and Auger-Aliassime takes it to the German with his stinging serves and bold strategy, it could well be the young Canadian – the one-time phenom who was once in line before the Spanish and Italian stars to replace the Big Three – who earns the questionable privilege of facing the world No 1 the next day.
The match starts: at approximately 8:30 PM in Turin, 7.30pm GMT.
