Great Zverev claims the gold medal in Tokyo. HIGHLIGHTS

Alexander Zverev breezes past Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-1 in the final in Tokyo on Sunday after playing a great match to win his 16^th career title, the 3^rd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Karen Khachanov Olympics – Tokyo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8jn3Ysom3E

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zverev

Khachanov

6-3 6-1
1h:19

65

65

Total points

43

43

26

26

Winners

22

22

40%

40%

Ratio Winners

51%

51%

-- Serve --

6

6

Aces

3

3

0

0

Double Faults

1

1

69%

69%

1st in

62%

62%

84%

84%

1st won

56%

56%

26/31

26/31

1st won

22/39

22/39

57%

57%

2nd won

43%

43%

8/14

8/14

2nd won

10/23

10/23

-- Break Points --

4/8

4/8

Total

0/1

0/1

50%

50%

Won

0%

0%

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At the end of the match, Zverev scored 65 points vs. the Russian’s 43.

Zverev

Alexander served extremely well to win 84% of the points (26/31) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (8/14) on his second serve. Alexander was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).

Khachanov

On the other side, Khachanov wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Khachanov is 3-2 for Alexander.

This was the 16^th career title for the German. (see list of titles and finals). Khachanov remains with 4^th titles after he conquered the tournament in Chengdu 2016, in Marseille 2018, in Moscow 2018 and in Paris 2018. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

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

Zverev converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6^th game (2-3 40-A).

They contested 60 points. Zverev was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Khachanov (34-26). The German conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, the Russian conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).

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

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Zverev won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

The German converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4^th game (3-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 48 points. Alexander won 14 more points than Khachanov (31-17). The German was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Khachanov conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).