Alexander Zverev topples Radu Albot 6-3 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Zverev will face off with Denis Shapovalov in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 57 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Zverev added to his prize money $ 120,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add $ 300,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Radu Albot Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 93 points vs. Albot’s 75.
Zverev
The German served pretty well to win 83% of the points (57/69) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 35% points (7/20) on his second serve. Zverev fired 16 aces and he committed 7 double faults. The German didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Albot
On the other side, Albot wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Albot is 2-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Zverev will square off with Shapovalov in the 4th round.
This will be the 7th time that Alexander Zverev and Denis Shapovalov face off. The head to head is 4-2 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Zverev won 7-63 7-65 in the R in Prague back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Zverev started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Radu Albot in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was enough for Zverev to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Zverev converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A). On the other side, the German didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Zverev was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Radu (29-21). Alexander conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, Albot conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the German conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Zverev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 0-40). On the other side, Radu was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the German won just 3 points more than Radu (30-27). The German dropped 11 points on serve (23-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Radu conceded 7 points on serve (16-7).
Similarly to the 2nd set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the German grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Alexander converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). On the other side, the German didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 61 points. Zverev was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Albot (34-27). Alexander lost 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the net, Albot conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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