Alexander Zverev missed the semi-final of the ATP finals in London. He was defeated by the American Jack Sock in three sets.
By Florian Goosmann from London
“I want to play Roger again”, Alexander Zverev said on Tuesday, two days later this dream has to wait until next year. Zverev lost to Jack Sock 4-6,6-1,4-6 in the match for second place in his group and has no chance of making it to the semi-finals.
Both players had an early break, but Sock took his fourth opportunity to break 4-3. He then lost 0:40 and missed with a good serve and finished 6:4. Sock’s set win was absolutely deserved, but a number at Sascha Zverev was decisive: six break chances – no break.
In the second round, the Hamburg player did better, got a double break and won 6:1. To 14 mistakes he forced Sock to make 14 mistakes, who failed to keep the level of the first pass and committed 9 additional unforced errors.
With a great fighter’s heart, Zverev took the serve of Sock in the third round, who then shot a ball under the roof, caught a warning and a point deduction – but countered it directly and even ran away to 4:1. But Zverev stayed on and managed to equalize 4:4.
Sock managed his next service game in a relaxed manner and got through Zverev’s eight double errors to the first match point; Zverev then lost a forehand.
Jack Sock will play in the semi-finals against the first of the group “Boris Becker”: Grigor Dimitrov. On Friday, Dominic Thiem fights David Goffin in the group “Pete Sampras” for the last place in the semi-final and a match against Roger Federer.
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