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4 a.m. Fire Alarm Doesn't Slow Down Sock

On the morning of Jack Sock's first Nitto ATP Finals win, the American was standing outside his hotel at 4 a.m., waiting with Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem to go back to bed. Early Tuesday morning, the fire alarm went off in Sock's hotel. It was not a test, and the alarm felt like it was in Sock's room, he said. “It was probably one of the most annoying noises I've ever heard in my entire life. We're on the second floor of the hotel. I guess whatever happened in the hotel was on the second floor. “From what the workers at the hotel said, the location of your room is how loud the alarm is. We are right there,...

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Sock Gains First Win In London

All match long on Tuesday at the Nitto ATP Finals, Jack Sock had been content to slice his backhand to Marin Cilic in hopes of seeing a better option – a chance to crush his world-class forehand. But with the match on the line, the eighth seed ditched the plan and was bold – swinging through his two-handed backhand with power. His reward: his first win at the Nitto ATP Finals. The 25-year-old American beat fifth seed Marin Cilic 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) to move to 1-1 in Group Boris Becker and improve his hopes of reaching this weekend's semi-final round. “I think if I do the right things and I play the right tennis, I can give myself a chance...

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