Relentless Zverev blitzes Mannarino in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – MELBOURNE RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Zverev downs Mannarino

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Luke Meyer
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Zverev Beats Mannarino

Alexander Zverev mullers Adrian Mannarino 6-3 6-3 6-1 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday after playing an impressive match to fight against Dusan Lajovic in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Zverev's Record

Zverev added to his prize money $ 105,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 320,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add $ 205,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 525,000 in total.

After he match, Zverev commented:

“It was a good match. I thought I tried to play extremely aggressive, tried to use my chances, and I’m happy with the win. The past few times I played Adrian it was always a very long match, always a very tough match, and I am happy to get the straight-sets win today.”

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Adrian Mannarino Australian Open – Melbourne

Zverev’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zverev
Mannarino
Alexander Zverev
6-3 6-3 6-1
1h:43
Adrian Mannarino
93
93
Total points
62
62
45
45
Winners
25
25
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
31
31
Unforced
26
26
54%
54%
Ratio Unforced
46%
46%
9/10
9/10
Net Approaches
6/10
6/10
90%
90%
Perc
60%
60%
-- Serve --
19
19
Aces
4
4
6
6
Double Faults
3
3
68%
68%
1st in
51%
51%
88%
88%
1st won
61%
61%
45/51
45/51
1st won
25/41
25/41
50%
50%
2nd won
49%
49%
12/24
12/24
2nd won
19/39
19/39
222
222
Fastest serve
192
192
205
205
AVG 1st Serve
179
179
167
167
AVG 2nd Serve
141
141
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
0/3
0/3
42%
42%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Alexander scored 93 points vs. Adrian’s 62.

Zverev

Zverev served very well to win 88% of the points (45/51) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (12/24) on his second serve. The German struck 19 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Zverev won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Mannarino

On the other side, Mannarino wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Mannarino is 6-0 for Alexander.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Dusan Lajovic – stats

Zverev will come up against Lajovic in the 4th round.

This will be the 3rd time that Alexander Zverev and Dusan Lajovic face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zverev won 2-6 7-5 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Roland Garros back in 2018.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Zverev conquered in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

Zverev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Adrian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 52 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Adrian (30-22). The German dropped 8 points on serve (21-8). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).

2nd Set -
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The German won the set after he broke Adrian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

They played 61 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Adrian (35-26). The German was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Adrian conceded 19 points on serve (23-19).

3rd Set -
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Zverev had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Lajovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Alexander managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Adrian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

A defining moment of this set was when Zverev won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

Zverev dropped 7 points on serve (15-7). On the other side, the French player conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).

 

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