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Episode 20: The WTA and ATP Finals
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Episode 20: The WTA and ATP Finals

We recap the last week on the tours, including Garbine Muguruza's solid play at the WTA Finals in Guadalajara and Alexander Zverev's impressive wins at the ATP Finals in Turin.

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WTA Finals in Guadalajara

1:28-5:38 How Anett Kontaveit overcame the conditions to defeat Maria Sakkari in the semifinals of the WTA Finals.

5:38-7:46: The eventual champion, Garbine Muguruza, defeats her compatriot, Paula Badosa in a comfortable straight-sets victory.

7:46-15:35: Garbine Muguruza claims her first WTA Finals title defeating Anett Kontaveit in the final.

ATP Finals in Turin

Round-Robin

15:35-17:04: The conditions in Turin.

17:04-20:06: Andrey Rublev’s excellent serving performance versus Stefanos Tsitsipas.

20:06-25:38: Novak Djokovic makes Rublev’s serve look basic, plus Novak’s record since 2011 in first-time meetings.

25:38-27:53: The home hope, Jannik Sinner, makes his dream debut at the ATP Finals, blowing Hubert Hurkacz off the court.

27:53-31:22: Daniil Medvedev wins a peculiar dead-rubber against Sinner.

Doubles

31:22-34:21: Video reviewing contentious calls in doubles matches.

34:21-37:25: PHH and Nicolas Mahut roll against Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram.

Knockout Stage

37:25-38:48: A fairly routine victory for Medvedev over surprise semifinalist, Casper Ruud.

38:48-41:02: Alexander Zverev plays the match of his career (in Gav’s opinion) to deny Novak Djokovic a sixth ATP Finals trophy.

41:02-46:30: Zverev stops a run of five losses to Medvedev in the final.


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Two tennis fans keenly discussing the happenings of the ATP and WTA tours, foolhardily making predictions and providing some analysis along the way.