The first match of the Red Group at the 2023 Tournament of Champions ended with the victory of Alexander Zverev against Carlos Alcaraz after a spectacular match. The Spaniard lost after winning the first set.

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Oleksandr Zverev, defeating Carlos Alcaraz at the Tournament of Champions

After a game that lasted two hours and 34 minutes, the German won with the score 6(3)-7, 6-3, 6-4.

A two-time winner of the trophy (2018 and 2021), Zverev started the first set with balls leading 3-1, but Alcaraz leveled the score and reached the tie-break, where the Spaniard clearly won: 7-3.

The next two sets were under the control of Oleksandr Zverev, who imposed his game and managed to win the first victory in the Red Group.

In the other game of the group, Daniil Medvedev and Andriy Rublev will meet each other, which will take place on Monday at 10:00 p.m.

How the groups of the Tournament of Champions 2023 look like

A simple table

  • Green group

(1) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) – champion title

(4) Yannick Sinner (Italy)

(6) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)

(8) Holger Rune (Denmark)

  • Red group

(2) Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

(3) Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

(5) Andriy Rublev (Russia)

(7) Oleksandr Zverev (Germany).

Who won the Tournament of Champions over time

Novak Djokovic 6 (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022)

Roger Federer 6 (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011)

Ivan Lendl 5 (1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987)

Pete Sampras 5 (1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)

Ilye Nastase 4 (1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)

Boris Becker 3 (1988, 1992, 1995)

John McEnroe (1978, 1983, 1984)

Bjorn Borg 2 (1979, 1980)

Leighton Hewitt 2 (2001, 2002)

Oleksandr Zverev 2 (2018, 2021)

Andy Murray (2016)

Grigor Dimitrov (2017)

Stefanos Tsitsipas (2019)

Daniil Medvedev (2020)

Andre Agassi (1990)

Stan Smith (1970)

Mykola Davydenko (2009)

Stefan Edberg (1989)

Jimmy Connors (1977)

Alex Corretha (1998)

Gustavo Kuerten (2000)

David Nalbandyan (2005)

Manuel Orantes (1976)

Michael Stitch (1993)

Guillermo Vilas (1974).