Alexander Zverev credits his brother Mischa for recent success. Mannarino next. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

Alexander Zverev gets the better of Maxime Cressy 7-5 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Zverev will have to play Adrian Mannarino in the 3^rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. Zverev’s most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Melbourne

Zverev's Record

The German added to his prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the German will add $ 105,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.

About his brother Mischa

Zverev was delighted about the outcome of the match. He credited his brother Mischa as Cressy has the same serve and volley style of play. He commented:

“He was an extremely difficult player to play against, having just come out of college.I know his kind of game very well, I have my brother in the box (Mischa) who plays similar, so I had to be patient and wait for my chances. I’m very pleased how I played.”

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Maxime Cressy Australian Open – Melbourne

Zverev’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zverev

Cressy

7-5 6-4 6-3
2h:04

105

105

Total points

86

86

51

51

Winners

41

41

49%

49%

Ratio Winners

48%

48%

11

11

Unforced

30

30

27%

27%

Ratio Unforced

73%

73%

8/12

8/12

Net Approaches

59/100

59/100

67%

67%

Perc

59%

59%

-- Serve --

15

15

Aces

10

10

3

3

Double Faults

9

9

71%

71%

1st in

62%

62%

82%

82%

1st won

64%

64%

51/62

51/62

1st won

41/64

41/64

60%

60%

2nd won

60%

60%

15/25

15/25

2nd won

24/40

24/40

219

219

Fastest serve

215

215

203

203

AVG 1^st Serve

200

200

167

167

AVG 2^nd Serve

191

191

-- Break Points --

4/10

4/10

Total

0/4

0/4

40%

40%

Won

0%

0%

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At the end of the match, Alexander scored 105 points vs. the French player’s 86.

Zverev

The German served very well to win 82% of the points (51/62) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (15/25) on his second serve. Alexander fired 15 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Alexander won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Cressy

On the other side, Cressy wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Adrian Mannarino – stats

Zverev will play Mannarino in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 6^th time that Alexander Zverev and Adrian Mannarino square off. The head to head is 5-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Zverev won 7-5 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Stockholm back in 2016.

Live score progression and stats

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the German snatched in the 11^th game (6-5) just before finally conquering the set (7-5).

They played 72 points. Alexander was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Cressy (38-34). Zverev lost 9 points on serve (25-9). on the other side of the net, Cressy conceded 13 points on serve (25-13).

Similarly to the 1^st 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 9^th game (5-4) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).

The German converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 30-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the French player was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4^th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 64 points. Zverev was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Cressy (36-28). The German dropped 6 points on serve (23-6). On the other side, Maxime conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).

The German won the set after he broke the French player in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

The German converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Cressy was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2^nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 53 points. Alexander conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the French player (30-23). Zverev surrendered 6 points on serve (18-6). On the other side, Maxime conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).

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