Zverev stuns Djokovic
Alexander Zverev became the youngest champion at the ATP World Tour Finals in a decade on Sunday, stunning World No. 1 Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3 to lift the biggest title of his career.
The 21-year-old, the youngest player to triumph at the season finale since Djokovic in 2008, was already the first German to reach the championship match at the season finale since 1996, when Boris Becker did it.
And now Zverev is the first player from his country to lift the trophy since Becker did so in 1995, dashing Djokovic's hopes of a perfect ending to a fairytale season in which he returned from a right elbow injury back to No. 1 in the ATP Rankings.
One year ago, Zverev made his debut at London's O2 Arena, falling short of reaching the semifinals. But he showed his growth in a straight-sets victory over six-time champion Roger Federer on Saturday.
Entering the match, all signs were pointing to Djokovic tying Federer's record of six triumphs at the season finale. The Serbian had won 35 of his previous 37 matches and all 36 of his service games this week at. Four days ago, he had beaten Zverev with the loss of just five games in round-robin play.
But from the first point of the match, Zverev showed no fear, standing on the baseline and trading blows with Djokovic, who for the first time all tournament appeared to be scrambling, and not the in-control defensive wall that had diffused attacks from the very best players in the world.
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