Alexander Zverev reaches ATP Finals semis then reminds Lendl who is boss

• Zverev beats John Isner 7-6 (5), 6-3 to set up Federer tie
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Alexander Zverev reached the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals by serving John Isner off the court in an hour and 20 minutes here on Friday to confirm he is the game’s most precocious shooting star.

Of the contenders queueing up to take over from the game’s holy trinity – Roger Federer (whom he meets in the semi-finals on Saturday and who took three sets to break him down here a year ago), Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal – Zverev, at 21, has already set himself apart from his contemporaries. He walks with the air of someone for whom youth is an inconvenience, but his strong mental qualities are sometimes mistaken for arrogance.

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