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How Sock Dissected Zverev's Game For SF Spot

Your number one job in a match is not to play great. It’s to make the opponent play bad. Jack Sock defeated Alexander Zverev 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 on Thursday evening at the Nitto ATP Finals by doing exactly that. Sock didn’t play amazing tennis, but that’s not really the point. Sock didn’t beat himself, which has much more to do with why he has successfully navigated his way through to the semi-finals this weekend. At 4-4 in the third set, Zverev was surging hard after winning 11 of the previous 15 points to erase a 1-4 deficit. Sock had won 17 of the first 22 points of the third set, so nobody really knew how this was going to finish....

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