This was the result of the draw in london, which zverev himself helped to make. In the "bjorn borg" group, last year’s finalist novak djokovic from serbia, record gram slam winner roger federer from switzerland, austrian french open finalist dominic thiem and stuttgart winner matteo berrettini from italy will battle it out for a place in the semifinals. At the end of the season, the top eight tennis pros from each group advance to the next round of the tournament.
"Here are the best eight players of the year, there are no easy matches," zverev commented on the draw. ATP finals start on sunday in london. Zverev will meet in his first group match on monday (21.00 pm/MEZ) against nadal, who will compete in london despite an abdominal muscle injury.
Both semifinals take place on saturday, the final is the day after. Last year, zverev won in london and celebrated the biggest title of his career to date. The 22-year-old from hamburg qualified for this year’s edition as the seventh player at the masters series tournament in paris last week.
In doubles, the german french open winners kevin krawietz (coburg) and andreas mies (koln) are taking part for the first time in the hard court event, which is worth 9 million US dollars.