Stefanos Tsitsipas is about to face Alexander Zverev in he final in Acapulco. The Greek no.1 has a strong 5-1 record against Zverev and he demolished him in their last match (6-1 6-4) when they played in the Round Robin of the ATP Cup. Stefanos is considered the favorite to win the final in Mexico. The prediction is the Greek winning in 3 sets.
Back to their last match, here the highlights.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexander Zverev ATP Cup – Brisbane, Perth, Sydney
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tsitsipas scored 62 points vs. the German’s 38.
Tsitsipas
Tsitsipas served extremely well to win 83% of the points (24/29) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (10/16) on his second serve. The Greek was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Zverev
On the other side, Alexander was fantastic in converting the only break point that he converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Zverev is 5-1 for Stefanos.
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The Greek was too good to drop only 1 game before breaking the German 2 times and conquer the set 6-1.
The German was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The Greek converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Zverev (30-15). The Greek was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3
). On the other side, Zverev conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, the Greek was not done to come back to break Zverev in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
A crucial moment of this set was when Stefanos won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 4-2.
The Greek converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, Alexander was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40).
They played 55 points. Tsitsipas was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the German (32-23). Stefanos conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). On the other side, Zverev conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).