Alexander Zverev victorious over Stan Wawrinka 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Melbourne on Wednesday. Zverev is going to play against Dominic Thiem in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Wawrinka had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Zverev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Wawrinka improved his lead after breaking Alexander in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this match was when Stanislas won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
2nd set.
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the German conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).
3rd set.
Zverev had a strong start of this set after breaking Wawrinka in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Alexander to win the set since the Swiss found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Zverev maintained his cool to break the Swiss in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
4th set.
Zverev was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Wawrinka in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The German managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Stanislas in the 3rd (3-0) game before managing to win the set (6-2).
The German missed the opportunity to break Wawrinka in the 5th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
There was an important spell in this match when Zverev won 4 consecutive games in the 4th set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 104 points vs. Wawrinka’s 94 points.
The German served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (56/74) behind his first serve. However he won only 42% points (8/19) on his second serve. The German struck 13 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Alexander won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points because he converted only 38% (5/13). On the other side, Stanislas was pretty effective in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Wawrinka is 3-0 for Alexander.
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Next Match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Dominic Thiem – stats
Zverev will take on Thiem in the semifinal.
This will be the 9th time that Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem clash against each other. The head to head is 6-2 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), but Zverev has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Thiem won 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in London back in 2019.
Alexander Zverev in Melbourne |
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Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (1-6 6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Milos RaonicRaonic (6-4 6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Roger FedererFederer – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-3 2-6 2-6 7-68 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander Bublik/Mikhail KukushkinBublik/Mikhail Kukushkin – James Duckworth/Marc PolmansDuckworth/Marc Polmans (7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Rafael NadalNadal (7-6(3) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roger FedererFederer – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (23-26) – See H2H details
- Rafael NadalNadal – Dominic ThiemThiem (9-4) – See H2H details
