"I still have a chance to win the tournament" says a determined Alexander Zverev

Alexander Zverev lost to Daniil Medvedev in an epic match where the German easily could have completed a comeback win.

He was up in the final set tiebreak but faltered late to give Medvedev enough to win the match. Had he won, it would have been the first time Zverev won a match after dropping the first set at the ATP Finals. The German is highly motivated at this event despite expressing feeling tired quite a few times over the past several weeks.

“To be honest, in my personal opinion I think we both have a very good chance of passing the group. This is not like any other tournament. I am in the tournament still, I still have a chance to win the tournament and this is what I’m thinking to myself. Of course I wanted to win, there’s no doubt about it, I lost 8-6 in a third-set tie-break. But the tournament isn’t done yet.”

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It was a very close match as Zverev noted and it could have easily went either way. Asked to comment on the match specifically Zverev said:

“I think it was good. I think we both played pretty well. I think we both served extremely well, since the opening game on my serve we both didn’t get broken. The surface is very fast, the court is very fast, the balls are very fast, and I think for those conditions we played extremely well.”

His next opponent will be Hubert Hurkacz and on that he said 'he is read':

"Look, I think if I beat Hurkacz I’m in a very good position because I won in two sets, I lost in three,” Zverev said. “I’m ready to play on Thursday. I’m ready to play Hubi on Thursday and I think that will be the deciding match for me. I’m excited, I’m looking forward to it, I think it’s all in my hands, kind of.”

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