Published 12:38 IST, November 15th 2019
ATP Finals: Watch Alexander Zverev's hilarious response to reporter calling him 'Stefanos'
ATP Finals: Alexander Zverev's chance to reach the semi-final of the ATP Nitto open 2019 hit roadblock after losing his second match to Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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Defending Champion Alexander Zverev's chance to reach the semi-final of the ATP Nitto open 2019 hit the roadblock after losing his semi-final match to Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets 3-6, 2-6. For Tsitsipas, the victory over defending champion helped him reach his maiden semi-finals joining Dominic Thiem. Earlier, Zverev had defeated the No.1 seed Rafael Nadal in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 in their first round-robin match of the Andre Agassi group on Monday.
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Tsitsipas broke Zverev n the opening game and the fifth game of the second set as Zverev struggled to produce the same level of tennis that propelled him to victory against Nadal on Monday. The Greek pounced on the German's second serve, which had been the problem earlier in the season. The German won only 28% (5/18) of those points.
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Alexander Zverev confused with Stefanos Tsitsipas
During the post-match press conference, a reporter by mistake started to ask a question to Alexander Zverev after calling him Stefanos. However, the German caught the journalist’s mistake as he asked, “Did you just called me Stefanos?” to which the reporter apologised.
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The clash between the duo was the youngest in terms of combined age at the ATP World Tour Finals since Andy Murray faced Juan Martin del Potro in 2009 ATP Finals.
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The World No 7 will now face another debutant, Daniil Medvedev in his third and final round-robin match in order to stand a chance to defend his crown. Tsitsipas will next meet Nadal for a chance to go 3-0 up.
10:33 IST, November 15th 2019