‘I’m super thrilled’

Alexander Zverev captured his second ATP Finals title after producing a brilliant performance to defeat World No 2 Daniil Medvedev 64 64 in Sundayrsquos final in TurinZverev the Olympic singles gold medallist in Tokyo won his tourleading sixth trophy of the season and ended a run of five straight losses to defending champion Medvedev The German third seed broke once in each set as he swept US Open winner Medvedev aside in 75 minutes to add to the seasonending crown he won in 2018ldquoIt was great I won the ATP Finals against someone Irsquod lost to five times in a row so I had to play one of my best matchesrdquo said Zverev ldquoIrsquom happy with that and ready to go on holidays with this win nowrdquo Zverev will skip the Davis Cup finals to be played in Madrid Turin and Innsbruck from November 25 to December 5lsquoVery specialrsquoldquoTherersquos no better way to end the season than winning here so obviously Irsquom incredibly happy But Irsquom now very much looking forward to next year alreadyrdquo he said ldquoItrsquos very special Irsquom super thrilled and super happy right nowrdquoDaniil MedvedevAn event this year missing both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal the ATP Finals have proved the breakout stage for tennisrsquo new generation with the Grand Slams still largely beyond their reachThis first final since the tournamentrsquos relocation from London was also the first to feature two players aged 25 or younger since 2005 Zverev conqueror of topranked Novak Djokovic in Saturdayrsquos semifinals stopped Medvedev from becoming the first player to retain the trophy since Djokovic won it four times in a row between 2012 and 2015Great seasonldquoItrsquos been a great season Itrsquos not easy to get to the Masters final and for myself I was really happy to be hererdquo said MedvedevShuairsquos IOC interview raises more questionsOut of public view for almost three weeks Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has appeared in a video call with International Olympic Committee President Thomas BachThe IOC and the Chinese government would like this to be the end of the Peng saga which has run since Nov 2 when she accused former vice premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault That may be wishful thinking on their partThe interview offered few details no followups on her allegations and invited more questions for the IOC Peng and China It seems unlikely to satisfy Steve Simon the chairman and CEO of the Womenrsquos Tennis Association who has been blunt in criticising China and has threatened to pull all toptier WTA events from the countryEven after the IOC video was published Sunday the WTA repeated what Simon has been saying for more than a week calling for a full fair and transparent investigation ldquowithout censorshiprdquoAlso Read Why not Pat Cummins as Australias captainThis 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