Novak Djokovic vs Alexander Zverev Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Finals

Prediction published on 19/11/2020, 13:29  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 19/11/2020 at 14:30 in Tennis Predictions

World number one Novak Djokovic is in danger of being knocked out of the ATP Tour Finals. He takes on Alexander Zverev in his final match of the Tokyo 1970 Group. Daniil Medvedev has already qualified for the last four after beating both of these players. Whoever wins this match qualifies and takes on Dominic Thiem in the semi-final. Novak Djokovic began this tournament in good style wit a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win over Diego Schwartzman. He couldn't maintain that form though and lost in straight sets to Daniil Medvedev in his second match. That was only his fourth loss of the year (one by default) and followed a loss to Lorenzo Sonega in the recent Vienna tournament. 

Alexander Zverev is also 1-1 in this round-robin group. He began the week with a loss to Medvedev in straight sets. That followed another defeat by his opponent in the recent Paris Masters final. He bounced back from that defeat with a win over the now eliminated Diego Schwartzman, though he needed three sets to do so, losing the middle one.  It's a drop in his form as Zverev had reached the final in his last three tournaments, winning two in Cologne. Form against Djokovic has seen him win two out of five meetings. One win over Djokovic was in the final of this tournament two years ago but he also lost to him in the round-robin stage of the 2018 tournament. Their most recent meeting saw Djokovic win at the French Open in straight sets. Go for Djokovic to get the win here and make it into the semi-finals.