ATP Finals: Medvedev bounces back with win over Minaur in second group stage match

Russian star Daniil Medvedev produced a measured performance to outdo Australian Alex de Minaur at the ongoing ATP Finals mens singles competition on TuesdayThe fourthseed defeated Medvedev by 62 64 in the group stage match The 2020 ATP Finals champion had all answers to Alexs shots and improved his tally against him to seven wins and three lossesIn his clash against De Minaur he did not face any break point and struck 24 winners as compared to his opponents 10I went into this match blocking the noise even from myself said Medvedev accordint to ATP websiteI really did not care what was happening on the court I just tried to play and it was a good feeling Sometimes it is good to block it the noise and I did that well todayAfter the last match a loss to Taylor Fritz I was too tired mentally to fight the way I usually do So I went into the match just trying to hit some shots even thinking about next year What is going to work well today and what is not It worked well so I am okay with it he concludedAlso ReadJannik Sinner celebrates with World No 1 trophyThe loss gives a huge blow to De Minaurs hopes of reaching the knockouts on his debut at the ATP Finals The 25yearold will be facing Fritz in his final groupstage match and has lost both of his matches so farGerman Alexander Zverev started off his pursuit for a third ATP Finals trophy as he kickstarted his campaign in Turin defeating Andrey Rublev on Tuesday morningThe secondseed defeated Rublev 64 64 to open his account in the seasonconcluding tournament at Turin in the John Newcombe Group This is also his tourleading 67th win of 2024 Zverev is a 2018 and 2021 champion and he stood firm in face of some fine tennis played by Rublev to get his win in 72 minutesI thought it was a very solid match from my end said Zverev as quoted by ATP website who improved to 159 at the ATP FinalsAgainst anyone here you have to play your best to have a chance you have to be solid and mentally strong I feel like I did that today I felt like I used my chances quite well and I am obviously happy with this win he addedDjokovic became the first player to beat the Big Three Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at the ATP Finals 2019 The 2024 season marks the first time since 2001 that none of these aforementioned legends are playing the tournamentI think the attention went to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner all year long Zverev saidThey deserve it they won two Grand Slams eachIt is normal in sports at some point everybody retires new players come along We have a great group of guys leading with Jannik and Carlos I think they had a better year even though Im No 2 in the world The benchmark is those two guys he concluded his pointAfter improving his HeadtoHead record with Rublev to seven wins and three losses Zverev will continue his trophy hunt against Casper Ruud who had early defeated thirdseed and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz in an upset in the John Newcombe GroupThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever