MELBOURNE RESULTS. Alexander Zverev conquers Gerasimov in the 2nd round

Alexander Zverev dispatches Egor Gerasimov 7-6⁵ 6-4 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Zverev will engage against Fernando Verdasco in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Alexander conquered in the 4^th game (2-2) before winning the set (7-6).

2^nd set.

Alexander won the set after he broke Egor in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. That break was crucial for Alexander to conquer the set because he didn’t concede his serve during the rest of the set.

3^rd set.

Zverev won the set after he broke Gerasimov in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 12^th (7-5) game. Gerasimov tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9^th (5-4) game. However, Alexander didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Alexander scored 117 points vs. Gerasimov’s 96 points.

Alexander served very well to win 86% of the points (57/66) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (13/19) on his second serve. Alexander won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 21% (3/14). On the other side, Gerasimov was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

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

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Egor Gerasimov Australian Open – Melbourne

Zverev’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Fernando Verdasco – stats

Zverev will face Verdasco in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Alexander Zverev and Fernando Verdasco square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Zverev and Verdasco (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Zverev won 6-1 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Paris back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Kevin AndersonAnderson (4-6 6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁵ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ivo KarlovicKarlovic (4-6 7-6⁸ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-2 7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andreas SeppiSeppi (4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Ernests GulbisGulbis – Aljaz BedeneBedene (7-5 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-3 7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Alex BoltBolt (6-2 5-7 6-7⁵ 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-1 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-2 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-6⁷ 6-4 4-6 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-7⁶ 3-6 6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (w/o) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Michael MmohMmoh (5-7 6-2 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Guido PellaPella – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 7-6⁶ 3-6 6-7³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-1 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-1 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-6⁴ 6-1 3-6 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Richard BerankisBerankis (7-6² 4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-2 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-4 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-4 6-1 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mikael YmerYmer (6-2 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6(8)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-0) – See H2H details
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ernests GulbisGulbis (2-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-2) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – See H2H details
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-2) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-1) – See H2H details
• Guido PellaPella – Fabio FogniniFognini (2-1) – See H2H details
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Roger FedererFederer (1-2) – See H2H details
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Marin CilicCilic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (4-2) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Dusan LajovicLajovic (2-1) – See H2H details
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-1) – See H2H details