MELBOURNE RESULTS. Alexander Zverev bests Cecchinato in the 1st round of the Australian Open

Alexander Zverev downs Marco Cecchinato 6-4 7-6⁴ 6-3 in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Zverev will square off with Egor Gerasimov in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Zverev clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, Alexander broke back in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

Cecchinato was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

2^nd set.

Alexander conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 8^th (3-5) game, The German broke back in the 9^th (4-5) game before winning the set at the following tiebreak at 4.

3^rd set.

Cecchinato conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Zverev in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, the German was not done to come back to break the Italian 3 times in the 2^nd (1-1), in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Zverev scored 125 points vs. Cecchinato’s 99 points.

Alexander won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 42% (5/12). On the other side, Cecchinato was battling in converting his break points (only 27% – 3/11). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Cecchinato is 1-0 for Alexander.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Marco Cecchinato Australian Open – Melbourne

Zverev’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Egor Gerasimov – stats

Zverev will square off with Gerasimov in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Egor Gerasimov since this will be the first time that they will face off at pro level.

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