Alexander Zverev defeats Andy Murray 6-4 7-6(4) in the 3rd round in Indian Wells on Tuesday. Zverev will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Gael Monfils in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 7 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
The German added to his prize money $ 40,105 after winning this match. He has won already $ 92,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add $ 83,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 175,000 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Andy Murray BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 82 points vs. Murray’s 74.
Zverev
The German was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Murray
On the other side, Murray was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (3/6). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Murray is 1-2 for Andy.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Gael Monfils – stats
Zverev will play Monfils in the 4th round.
This will be the 4th time that Alexander Zverev and Gael Monfils clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Monfils won 6-4 6-0 in the semifinal in Washington back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Monfils commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Andy Murray in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Alexander found the way to come back to break Murray in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
An important stage of this set was when Zverev won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-3 to 5-3.
The German converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, Murray converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 67 points. Alexander was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Andy (37-30). Alexander dropped 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the net, Murray conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
Alexander won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) and in the 12th (6-6) game, The German broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-4.
The German failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.
Tiebreak
Alexander won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 11th (7-4) point.
The German won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
They played 89 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zverev won just 3 points more than Murray (46-43). Alexander lost 16 points on serve (29-16). In addition, on the other side, the Brit conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Fabio FogniniFognini (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-6 7-62 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – John IsnerIsner (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Andy MurrayMurray (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Kevin AndersonAnderson (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 5-7 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-74 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-2 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Daniel EvansEvans (5-7 6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alexander ZverevZverev (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Casper RuudRuud (4-2) – H2H details and stats
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (3-1) – H2H details and stats
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-6) – H2H details and stats