{"id":112741,"date":"2018-11-14T17:07:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T16:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=112741"},"modified":"2018-11-15T00:38:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T23:38:42","slug":"novak-moves-to-2-0-in-london-with-win-over-zverev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-moves-to-2-0-in-london-with-win-over-zverev\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak clinches semi-final spot at ATP Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nole is through to the semi-finals at the event for the eighth time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top seed Novak Djokovic improved to 2-0 in Group Guga Kuerten on Wednesday, outplaying Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-1 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nittoatpfinals.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nitto ATP Finals<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Novak broke his young German rival three times en-route to a one hour, 16-minute victory.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic saved two break points at 4-4 and made a break in the following game to seal the opening set on his third set point.<\/p>\n<p>The world no.1 raced to his second triumph at The O2 this week, breaking Zverev twice more, in the fourth and sixth games of the second set.<\/p>\n<p>Since Cilic lost a set against Isner in their RR2 clash, Novak qualified regardless of score of Friday matches.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it was breathtaking tennis but a win is a win,&#8221;<\/strong> Novak said. <strong>&#8220;I played well mid-way through the second set and started to swing through the ball. I had not served that well but he made a lot of unforced errors which helped me win. He served very well in the first set, it was very hard to read his serve. I actually found it more difficult than in the first match against Isner.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Match statistics: aces (1-9), double faults (3-2), winners (11-20), unforced errors (13-33), total points won (61-41).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ItRuBtPASWE\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Novak is bidding to lift a record-tying sixth trophy at the season finale.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 31-year-old Serbian star plays his third Round Robin match on Friday at 20:00 local time (21:00 CET) against fifth seed Marin Cilic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Group Guga Kuerten qualification scenarios after the completion of the 2nd round of the group stage:<br \/>\n1) Regardless of score, if N. DJOKOVIC defeats M. CILIC and A. ZVEREV defeats J. ISNER, then N. DJOKOVIC wins the group and A. ZVEREV qualifies 2nd.<br \/>\n2) Regardless of score, if M. CILIC defeats N. DJOKOVIC and A. ZVEREV defeats J. ISNER, then N. DJOKOVIC wins the group and A. ZVEREV qualifies 2nd.<br \/>\n3) Regardless of score, if M. CILIC defeats N. DJOKOVIC and J. ISNER defeats A. ZVEREV, then M. CILIC wins the group and N. DJOKOVIC qualifies 2nd.<br \/>\n4) If N. DJOKOVIC defeats M. CILIC and J. ISNER defeats A. ZVEREV in 2 sets, then N. DJOKOVIC wins the group and J. ISNER qualifies 2nd.<br \/>\n5) If N. DJOKOVIC defeats M. CILIC and J. ISNER defeats A. ZVEREV in 3 sets, then N. DJOKOVIC wins the group and A. ZVEREV qualifies 2nd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak improved to 2-0 in Group Guga Kuerten on Wednesday, outplaying Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-1 at the Nitto ATP Finals. 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