Zverev Takes On Felix Auger-Aliassime in Season-Ending Championships Clash
Preamble
The typical complications of tournament pool play typically lead to during this phase of the ATP Finals viewers are commonly scratching our heads, searching around for a mathematical tool and striving to determine the complex permutations of qualification. But today's game between Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime, thankfully, is easy. It’s a straight shootout: the successful player sets up a semifinal battle against Carlos Alcaraz at this season-ending event; the loser goes home.
Zverev is the predicted winner for this: the world No 3 is the more accomplished player, has been the champion at this competition twice before and holds the advantage in their personal record six matches to three, securing victories in both their past encounters on an indoor hard court.
However … this particular court on which Felix has secured most of his championships, he is full of confidence after his remarkable turnaround against Shelton on midweek and he defeated Zverev in the US Open early stage in August. Furthermore, the court pace is quicker in the host city than at Flushing Meadows, which is even more beneficial in AA’s favour.
Should Zverev be cautious, as he did against the Italian, and the Canadian presses the European player with his powerful serves and confident shots, it might very well be the 25-year-old Canadian – the earlier standout who was once in line before Alcaraz and Sinner to take over from the legendary trio – who secures the questionable privilege of facing the world No 1 tomorrow.
Play begins: at around 20:30 in the host city, 7:30 PM in the UK.
