Alexander Zverev bests Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 7-6(3) in the final in Acapulco on Saturday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. This is the first time that Alexander conquered this tournament. His best result in this competition so far was reaching the final.
Alexander added $ 22,180 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 88,940 in total after conquering this tournament.
Zverev was elated about the match. He commented:
“It’s great achievement for me. You come to play tournaments to win tournaments. I have done that this week. I am extremely happy with that. The main goal is still the biggest titles in the world. The Grand Slams are the most difficult ones to win and I haven’t achieved that yet, but I am looking forward to it. I think this is a big stepping stone for me.”
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:17
At the end of the match, the German scored 86 points vs. Stefanos’s 77.
Zverev
Zverev served extremely well to win 78% of the points (38/49) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 38% points (12/32) on his second serve. Alexander won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.
Tsitsipas
On the other side, the Greek was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zverev and Tsitsipas is 2-5 for Stefanos.
This was the 14th career title for Zverev. (see list of the title). Tsitsipas remains with 5th titles after he conquered the tournament in Stockholm in 2018, in Marseille in 2019, in Estoril in 2019, in London in 2019 and in Marseille again in 2020. (see list of the title)
Live score progression and stats
didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Zverev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, Alexander found the way to come back to break the Greek in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Tsitsipas was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-4 to 6-4.
The German was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-4 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, Stefanos converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 58 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zverev won just 2 more points than Stefanos (30-28). Alexander surrendered 13 points on serve (19-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
Zverev won the set after he broke Stefanos in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Tsitsipas tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) and in the 11th (5-6) game. Nevertheless, Zverev didn’t make any concession anymore to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 3.
Alexander failed to serve out the match when leading 5-4 to be broken at 40.
Tiebreak
Alexander won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 5th (2-3) and 9th (3-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3
Alexander conceded 19 points on serve (30-19). on the other side of the court, the Greek conceded 25 points on serve (27-25).
