Alexander Zverev breezes past Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Acapulco on Monday after playing a solid match to square off with Laslo Djere in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alexander added to his prize money $ 8,465 after winning this match. He has won already $ 19,925 after this win. If he wins the next match, the German will add $ 11,955 to his earnings to get in total $ 31,880 in total.
Zverev was happy about the outcome of the match and he praised his young opponent. He commented:
“He started off playing extremely well, he didn’t miss a lot of balls. Then I felt more comfortable on court, this is the first round. It’s not always easy to play a first-round, especially against a player like this, who is very young, who is very motivated and who wants to compete. I’m actually quite happy with how the match went.”
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 66 points vs. the Spaniard’s 44.
Zverev
Zverev served very well to win 86% of the points (25/29) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 42% points (8/19) on his second serve. Zverev struck 11 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Zverev won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.
Alcaraz Garfia
On the other side, the Spaniard wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Zverev and Alcaraz Garfia is 1-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Laslo Djere – stats
Zverev will play Djere in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Laslo Djere since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Djere conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Zverev in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Zverev managed to stage a good comeback to break Alcaraz Garfia 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Alcaraz Garfia was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
They contested 69 points. The German was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Carlos (40-29). The German lost 10 points on serve (17-10). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 23 points on serve (19-23).
The German won the set after he broke Alcaraz Garfia in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.
The Spaniard was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.
Alexander converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, the German didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 41 points. Alexander was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Alcaraz Garfia (27-14). Zverev dropped 5 points on serve (16-5). On the other side, Carlos conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).
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