Alexander Zverev is in excellent form after winning 9 consecutive matches. The Olympic gold medalist decided not to play in Toronto after he won in Tokyo and be back only on the occasion of the ATP1000 in Cincinnati.
Alexander Zverev seems to be in fantastic form during this week to reach the semifinals in Ohio, where he will face Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Live rankings
Sascha Zverev has never managed to win a single match in Cincinnati before this year. Nevertheless, now he is 2 steps from winning the prestigious ATP1000. Zverev also has the opportunity to become the new world number 4 if he reaches the final.
Sascha now has 7600 in the live rankings and if he beats Tsitsipas in the semi-final he will have 7840 points which will be enough to snatch the world number 4 from Rafael Nadal, who has 7815 points.
After this week, being the world number 4 is the maximum possible result for Sascha. If he wins the title in Cincinnati, he will have 8200 points which will not be enough to overtake Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has already 8350 “live” points.
Here are the live rankings.
Zverev in Cincinnati, ranking, and results in 2021
At the moment ranked no.5, Alexander owns a 36-11 win-loss record in 2021. Zverev is currently having a run in Cincinnati where he beat Lloyd Harris 7-63 6-2, Guido Pella 6-2 6-3 and Casper Ruud 6-1 6-3.
Alexander Zverev will take on the world no.3 Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal. Their record is 6-2 for Tsitsipas.
Zverev clinched 3 titles in 2021 in Acapulco, in Madrid and in Tokyo.
The German won 16 titles in his career: 5 on hard courts, 6 on clay courts and 5 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Rafael Nadal in 2021
Now ranked no.4, Rafael played his last match on the 5th of August when he was overcome by world no.46 Harris Lloyd 6-4 1-6 6-4 in the 3rd round in Washington (draw).
At the moment, during this season Rafael has a 24-5 record. Nadal clinched 2 titles in 2021 in Barcelona and in Rome.
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