Alexander Zverev He has been the best tennis player of the year, according to a couple of prisms. On the one hand, Sascha has ended up as the player with most victories on the circuit, with 59just one more than his Sunday rival the ATP Finals title, Daniil Medvedev. On the other hand, the German has also been the one he has won the most tournaments in 2021, with six, among them the Olympic gold in Tokyo, the Masters 1,000 in Madrid and Cincinnati, and the aforementioned master’s toga. Zverev has therefore concluded, as the top scorer for individual triumphs and titles. Even so, it has not been the best of the season, because the succulent quantity has lacked a cherry on top of quality: a Grand Slam. Novak Djokovic, the number one, has conquered Australia, Roland Garros y Wimbledon. Medvedev, number two, won in el US Open. Zverev, the current number three, has defeated both in the last tournament of the course, he seems ready for a overtaking future, but it still lacks the lace in a big. Without a doubt, it will come. In fact, he already touched it in New York in 2020. Zverev is one of the tennis players who will mark the next era.
Zverev, meanwhile, points to Medvedev as “the leader” of his generationto which they also belong Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrei Rublev and Matteo Berrettini, numbers four, five and seven of the ATP. Among them there was a rivalry over who would be the first of the country to conquer. a Grand Slam. Medvedev took it. That’s where his generational hierarchy comes from, because the Russian has been the only one who has been able to stop Djokovic in a major. Waiting for what happens with Rafa Nadalbecause little is expected from Roger Federer, only Nole resists the assault of youth. The previous photo of the ATP Finals defines the situation in detail, with Djokovic surrounded by seven players under 25 years of age, who have changed the order of tennis with a new Big Three en 2021: Djokovic, Medvedev y Zverev.