Alexander Zverev beats Daniil Medvedev to seal ATP Finals last-four spot at expense of Rafael Nadal

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Joe Krishnan15 November 2019

Alexander Zverev has sealed his place in the ATP Finals last four after beating Daniil Medvedev in straight sets.

The 22-year-old broke in the very first game and rarely looked like conceding to the Russian as he wrapped up the first set in 33 minutes.

And after the players raced through the second set, Zverev took the break in the seventh game before going on to seal a 6-4, 7-6 victory in just an hour and 17 minutes.

Zverev's victory means Rafael Nadal is out of the competition after he beat the Spaniard on the head-to-head in Group Andre Agassi.

The world no1 had overcome Stefanos Tsitsipas earlier in the daytime session to stay in contention but needed Medvedev to beat Zverev in order to advance to the semi-finals.

Zverev had the perfect start, breaking in the very first game before holding his serve to win the first set 6-4.

But if anyone believed Medvedev would throw in the towel, the 23-year-old proved them wrong. The fourth seed looked much stronger in the second, conceding only one point on his serve in the first four service games.

The 'Game of Serves' continued all the way to 6-6 until finally, Zverev made the breakthrough in the second-set tiebreak.

Medvedev snared a mini-break early on but Zverev recovered to take the next three points after a double fault from Medvedev.

With three match points, the German sealed it with an ace and with it, guaranteed his progress into the semi-finals for the second straight year.

Zverev will take on Dominic Thiem in the semi-finals on Saturday and the winner will face either Roger Federer or Tsitsipas in Sunday's final.

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