Germany’s Alexander Zverev, the 2018 and 2021 winner, has made a winning start on his way to a third ATP Finals title. He defeated Andrei Rublev of Russia in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 in the first match of the group round. At the same time, in doubles, the pair of India’s Rohan Bopanna and Australia’s Matthew Ebden had to face defeat in the first group round match. They had to face defeat 2-6, 3-6 at the hands of Italian pair of Simon Bolelli and Andrea Vavasri. With this win, Bolelli and Vavasri also avenged their loss to Bopanna-Ebden in the Australian Open final.
Sinner gets world number one trophy
This is the sixth consecutive victory for Zverev, who is coming after winning the Paris Masters title. Zverev dominated this match too. She hit a total of nine aces and lost only 10 points on her serve. Rublev said, Zverev was serving at a speed of 220 kilometers per hour, which was not easy to face. At the same time, world number one Yannick Sinner of Italy, who won the Australian Open and US Open titles this year, was handed the world number one trophy of the year. Sinner said, there could not be a better place to receive this trophy. Sinner’s mother Sieglinde had tears in her eyes while receiving the trophy. Sinner had defeated Alex de Minaur in the first match played on Sunday. On the other hand, after losing to Norway’s Casper Ruud on Monday, Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz said he had a stomach ache. I was sick at home before coming here. I had stomach ache on the morning of the match.
Bopanna is playing his fourth ATP Finals
Bopanna is playing the ATP Finals for the fourth time. The Italian pair received tremendous support from the local audience. Bopanna-Ebden committed two double faults at crucial moments, breaking their serve on both occasions. Bopanna and Ebden, who are in the Bob Bryan group, will next face top seeded pair Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Mat Pavic of Croatia on Wednesday. Bopanna-Ebden had reached the semi-finals of the ATP Finals last year.