 Daniel Medvedev vs. Alexander Zverev is the final of the ATP finals for 2021, and both players have had different roads to get to the final stage. Zverev had started his campaign in the round robin stage against the number six seed, Matteo Berettini, and after a very close first set, unfortunately for Berettini, he got injured and at one love in the second was forced to retire and eventually withdrew from the entire tournament. In his second round robin match, Zverev would take on the number two seed and the defending champion, and after taking the second set in a very close tiebreak, it went down to the wire, but unfortunately for Zverev, he went down 8-6 in the final set tiebreak, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, and would be forced to win his final match. His final match was against Hooby Hercatch, a must win match for Zverev if he was to advance to the semifinals, and this was the easiest match of the tournament for Zverev so far, winning in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the semifinals. In the semifinals, he would face the world number one Novak Djokovic, who had beaten him three out of four times in 2021, but after winning the first set in a tiebreak, Zverev was forced to go to the distance, eventually prevailing in three close sets, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 to advance to the final. Medvedev started his campaign against the Polish player Hercatch, and after the first set going to Hercatch, came back to win 6-7, 6-3, 6-4. His second round match would be against Alexander Zverev, the man he is to face in the final tomorrow, and as we mentioned before, after taking the first set, Medvedev had to fight for victory in the end, winning it in three sets, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 8-6 in the tiebreak. His final match was against the replacement for Berettini, Yannick Sinner, and this match was one of the best matches of the tournament, despite it being a dead rubber, and after winning the first set 6-love, Medvedev had to fight for victory, eventually saving two match points, and winning his third round-robin match, 6-love, 6-7, 7-6 to advance to the semi-finals. In that semi-final, he would take on the number 8 seed Kasparud, who had been very impressive to get to the semi-final stage, and a little bit of a shock. Unfortunately for Rud, this is where it ended, and Medvedev got the easiest win of his tournament, winning in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the final. These two have played 11 times before, with Medvedev leading their head-to-head 6-5, including a win only a couple of days ago. Even though that match was very close, it still counts as a win for Medvedev, and he'll have the confidence going into the final, knowing that he's beaten Zverev in the last two weeks, twice. If Zverev is going to win this match, he needs to play like he did against Djokovic. He didn't play over-the-top spectacular against Djokovic, just a very even performance, serve very well, that's going to be a big factor, a lot of first serve free points, and he's going to have to take his chances like he did against Nole. If Medvedev is going to win this match, he's going to have to be solid as well, and keep the crowd out of it, because at times, even when he's not playing the Italians this week, the crowd has gotten on Medvedev's back, and he's let it affect him a little bit over the time, so if Zverev's smart, he'll let the crowd be on his side, and Medvedev, he might get a little bit annoyed, so he's got to keep his cool if the crowd do start to turn on him. This is a tough one for me to pick, because they played only a couple of days ago, and it could have gone either way. It was 6-all in that final tie break, a couple of points here and there, could have been a different result. But I'm going to go with Medvedev to go back to back at the A to B finals. I just feel like he's got a little bit too much to go for, to play for against Zverev, and I don't know, Zverev, even though he's a great player, I just feel like Medvedev's got a little bit more consistency and a little bit more reliable. Let me know down in the comments below, who do you think is going to win this final?