Two hours and 21 minutes had been played, and from these statistics alone you could see what had happened that afternoon. Twice this week Alexander Zverev was on the pitch for just over an hour, in his clear victories against Andrej Rublew and Casper Ruud. Even the two-set win against Carlos Alcaraz took less than two hours, Zverev was so dominant and confident that he rushed through this ATP final tournament to the semi-finals, where he was the second favorite alongside local hero and world number one Jannik Sinner. Until it suddenly took longer.
