Spirited Alexander Zverev survives Tsitsipas in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – CINCINNATI RESULTS

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI DRAW AND RESULTS. Zverev outlasts Tsitsipas to square off with Andrey Rublev in the final

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas

Alexander Zverev survives Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 3-6 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Saturday after conquering a huge battle. Zverev will try to keep the momentum against Andrey Rublev in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Zverev
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Zverev's Record

The German added to his prize money $ 157,010 after winning this match. He has won already $ 354,720 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add $ 300,095 to his earnings to get in total $ 654,815 in total.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Zverev’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zverev
Tsitsipas
Alexander Zverev
6-4 3-6 7-64
2h:41
Stefanos Tsitsipas
105
105
Total points
105
105
52
52
Winners
52
52
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
10
10
4
4
Double Faults
4
4
75%
75%
1st in
63%
63%
71%
71%
1st won
73%
73%
52/73
52/73
1st won
52/71
52/71
33%
33%
2nd won
38%
38%
8/24
8/24
2nd won
16/42
16/42
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
Total
4/8
4/8
80%
80%
Won
50%
50%
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Alexander won this match even if he scored the same amount of points of Stefanos (105 vs. 105).

Zverev

The German struck 15 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Zverev didn’t lose the concentration in converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).

Tsitsipas

On the other side, Stefanos didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (4/8). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Zverev and Tsitsipas is 3-6 for Stefanos.

Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Zverev will play Rublev in the final.

This will be the 5th time that Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev face off. The head to head is 4-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Zverev won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Monte Carlo back in 2016.

Alexander Zverev Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Alexander grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).

They played 63 points. Alexander won 7 more points than Stefanos (35-28). Zverev surrendered 5 points on serve (21-5). In addition, on the other side, the Greek conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).

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Zverev got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Stefanos refused to bow to come back to break Zverev in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

Certainly, a key moment was when the Greek won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2.

They played 57 points. The Greek won 5 points more than Alexander (31-26). The Greek conceded 12 points on serve (19-12). On the other side, Alexander conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

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Alexander won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (1-4) game, Zverev broke back in the 6th (2-4) and in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-4.

Nonetheless also Stefanos won 4 consecutive games from 0-1 to 4-1

Tiebreak

The German won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 7th (4-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Tsitsipas won a minibreak in the 4th (2-2) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4

The German was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th (1-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40). On the other side, the Greek converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A).

They contested 90 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alexander won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Tsitsipas (44-46). Zverev lost 19 points on serve (26-19). on the other side of the net, Tsitsipas conceded 18 points on serve (27-18).

 

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