ATP Finals: Jódar leads Zverev 2-1 in first set in Turin opener
At the ATP Finals in Turin, 20-year-old Spanish qualifier Rafael Jódar led Alexander Zverev 2-1 in the first set of their opening match. Guardian Sport’s live coverage of the first game, which started at 2pm, showed an unfinished set rather than a completed contest: after Zverev’s serve came on and he rattled through a game to level at 1-1, the scoreboard moved again as Jódar pressed on the German’s service game.
Jódar took control at 15-0 with a forehand winner and looked nerveless as Zverev tried to get on the front foot. At 40-15 a backhand winner down the line from the 20-year-old sealed the hold of that game, restoring Jódar’s lead at 2-1, with Zverev listed as the next server. The qualifier appeared calm while pushing against Zverev’s serve, turning the early games into a genuine test of the favourite’s hold rather than a routine start to the Turin opener.
The live state after that sequence was first set Zverev 1-2 Jódar. Nothing in the report indicated a finished match, a second set, or a final result — only that the Spanish qualifier had won the game with those two winners and was ahead in the first set as Zverev prepared to serve again.
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