Alexander Zverev in action during his round robin singles match against Rafael Jodar at the ATP Finals 2026 in Turin. (EPA Images pic)TURIN: World number one Alexander Zverev cruised through his opening match at the season-ending ATP Finals on Sunday, defeating Spanish debutant Rafael Jodar 6–4, 6–4.
Zverev, who won the tournament in 2018 and 2021, needed just one hour and 27 minutes to overcome the season's breakout star.
Ranked 11th in the world, the 20-year-old Jodar is making his debut at the elite eight-player tournament.
Zverev had been eliminated in his opening match at the Paris Masters – the final Masters 1000 event of the year – and endured a lacklustre autumn as he blamed mental and physical exhaustion.
