#NextGenATP star Alexander Zverev is through to his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final at the age of 20. The German powered through the second set to defeat World No. 6 Milos Raonic 7-6(4), 6-1 on Friday in the quarter-finals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome. Zverev - who leads the Emirates ATP Race To Milan, which determines the eight-man field at the inaugural 21-and-under Next Gen ATP Finals – will face John Isner for a place in the final at the Foro Italico. Zverev, 12 years Isner’s junior, leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 2-0. He is the first German through to the Rome semi-finals since Tommy Haas in 2002. [ALSO LIKE] "It's another stepping stone in...
Overlooking the clay courts of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Tuesday, the ATP World Tour announced at a press conference the new rules for the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in November in Milan. Get Tickets Now The new event is the buzz around the ATP World Tour as players are excited for the fresh innovation and keen to see it in action. “I’m excited about the event. I think the ATP has done a great job organising it, because we do have a strong group of guys who are playing great and who are getting up the rankings,” Alexander Zverev, the current leader in the Emirates ATP Race to Milan, said after his first-round win in Rome. “I think...