Great Zverev claims the gold medal in Tokyo. HIGHLIGHTS

OLYMPICS - TOKYO FINAL RESULT. Zverev wins his 16th career title after beating Khachanov in 2 sets.

Sascha Zverev

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 16th career title, the 3rd 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
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 16th career title for the German. (see list of titles and finals). Khachanov remains with 4th 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)

Alexander Zverev Draw info

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1st Set -
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ZverevKhachanov
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0
0
K
0
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The German won the set after he broke Khachanov in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

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

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
0

Zverev had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Karen Khachanov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Alexander managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Russian in the 4th (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 2nd 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 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th 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).

 

Alexander Zverev in Tokyo

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