SHANGHAI. Alexander Zverev victorious over Chardy in the 2nd round

Alexander Zverev ousts Jeremy Chardy 7-6¹³ 7-6³ in the 2^nd round in Shanghai on Wednesday. Zverev will seek to keep on going in this event against Andrey Rublev in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Zverev had a favorable start in this set after breaking Chardy in the 1^st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for the German to win the set because Chardy managed to break back in the 4^th (2-2) game. Alexander maintained his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 13.

2^nd set.

Alexander won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, Zverev broke back in the 10^th (5-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 3.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Alexander scored 87 points vs. the French Player’s 76 points.

Zverev served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (48/58) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (11/21) on his second serve. Alexander blasted 21 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Zverev was exceptional in converting all the break points (2/2). On the other side, the French Player didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Chardy is 4-1 for Alexander.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Jeremy Chardy Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Next Match: Alexander Zverev vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Zverev will fight against Rublev in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Zverev won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in Beijing back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-6¹³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – John MillmanMillman (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (7-6³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Lucas PouillePouille (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Andy MurrayMurray (7-6⁴ 2-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Vasek PospisilPospisil – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – John IsnerIsner (9-2) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Roger FedererFederer (1-9) – See H2H details
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Dominic ThiemThiem (1-0) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (2-0) – See H2H details
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-3) – See H2H details