On January 2, Beijing time, the ATP Cup entered the second matchday of the competition, in a match in Group C, Germany's Zverev and Britain's Nori met. The two have met a total of 4 times before that, and both sides have won 2 victories each. Zverev, who is no. 3 in the world in today's game, performed even better, sweeping world Nori in two straight sets.
The competition between the two sides in the first set was very fierce, and neither side delivered a break point in their respective serves in the first 10 sets, and the score came to 5-5 after each set. In the 11th set, Nori saved the break point in the serve, and then Zverev also successfully saved the serve, and the first set went to grab seven. Zverev led the way in seven sets, 7-2 easily winning the first set to win seven.
In the second set, Zverev's first serve defused 2 break points to save his serve, and in the fourth set Zverev successfully cashed in on the fourth break point, completing the first break of the game. In the 6th set Zverev broke again in the Norrie serve and came to win the set 5-1. At the crucial moment, Zverev easily saved his serve and won the second set 6-1.
In the end, in a game that took 1 hour and 27 minutes, the world's 3rd Zverev defeated a British Nori 7-6 (2)/6-1 to usher in the new season. After winning this match, Germany and England will be tied 1-1, and the two sides will decide the winner of this match through a doubles match.