Alexander Zverev downs Felix Auger Aliassime 6-3 6-3 in the final in Cologne on Sunday. Sascha looked in complete control of the match while his opponent was struggling to find his best tennis. This is the 6 finals played by Felix at ATP level and he still needs to win his maiden title. At 20 years of age, he has still plenty of time.
The speech
Sascha was elated with the title especially after he had such a heartbreaker in the recent US Open final when he was unable to serve out the match.
“I had a very tough final in New York and the next final I played here I wanted to come out and obviously play my best tennis, finish the match,” he commented.
Then, Sascha had nice words for Felix to say:
“Felix, you’re an unbelievable player. I know it doesn’t mean much right now, but I’m sure you are not only going to win one title, you’re going to win multiple, multiple titles in your career, bigger titles than this.
We know each other incredibly well, you’re going to be lifting a winner’s trophy very soon.”
Live score progression and stats
Zverev was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Auger-Aliassime in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the German to win the set as Auger-Aliassime found the way to break back in the 8th (3-5) game. Zverev maintained his focus to break the Canadian in the 9th (6-3) game.
Zverev failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.
Zverev converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Canadian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).
They played 52 points. The German conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Canadian (30-22). Zverev dropped 6 points on serve (14-6). On the other side, the Canadian conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the German conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally managing to win the set (6-3).
Zverev converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Auger-Aliassime was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 53 points. The German conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Canadian (31-22). Zverev surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). In addition, on the other side, the Canadian conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
The German pocketed € 5,090 after reaching this final. He has earned € 24,880 prize money after conquering this tournament.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Auger-Aliassime is 3-0 for Alexander.
This was the 12th career title for Zverev. (see list of the title).
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Felix Auger Aliassime bett1HULKS Indoors – Cologne
Alexander Zverev in Cologne |
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