Alexander Zverev defeats Kevin Anderson 7-62 5-7 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Zverev is going to play against Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
The German won the set after he broke Anderson in the 5th (3-2) game. Kevin tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Alexander kept the situation under control to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 2.
Tiebreak
The German won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (4-1) and 9th (7-2) point.
Alexander won the tiebreak 7-2 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2
The German was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Anderson converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 75 points. Alexander was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the South African (40-35). The German lost 12 points on serve (28-12). In addition, on the other side, the South african conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Anderson grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) before ultimately managing to win the set (7-5).
Anderson was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Kevin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Alexander clinched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).
The South African surrendered the 4th game (3-1) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
Zverev converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 40-A). On the other side, Anderson was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 62 points. Alexander won 6 points more than the South African (34-28). Alexander lost 12 points on serve (24-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Anderson conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
Similarly to the 3rd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the German grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) prior to ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Alexander was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 15-40). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
The German will add to his prize money $ 39,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 100,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add $ 63,000 to his earnings to earn $ 163,000 in total.
Match Statistics
After this contest, the head to head between Zverev and Anderson is 6-0 for Alexander.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Kevin Anderson U.S. Open – New York
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats
Zverev will square off with Nakashima in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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