Alexander Zverev aces Varillas in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Zverev tops Varillas

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Juan Pablo Varillas

Alexander Zverev ousts Juan Pablo Varillas 4-6 6-1 5-7 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. The epic lasted 4 hours and 6 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Zverev
Melbourne
Zverev's Record

The German added to his prize money $ 52,600 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 158,850 after this win. If he wins the next match, the German will add $ 69,075 to his earnings to get in total $ 227,925 in total.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Juan Pablo Varillas Australian Open – Melbourne

Zverev’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zverev
Varillas
Alexander Zverev
4-6 6-1 5-7
7-63 6-4
4h:06
Juan Pablo Varillas
173
173
Total points
150
150
89
89
Winners
76
76
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
46
46
Unforced
58
58
44%
44%
Ratio Unforced
56%
56%
25/32
25/32
Net Approaches
19/25
19/25
78%
78%
Perc
76%
76%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
15
15
5
5
Double Faults
0
0
74%
74%
1st in
61%
61%
83%
83%
1st won
70%
70%
89/107
89/107
1st won
76/109
76/109
42%
42%
2nd won
49%
49%
16/38
16/38
2nd won
34/69
34/69
214
214
Fastest serve
204
204
192
192
AVG 1st Serve
189
189
137
137
AVG 2nd Serve
144
144
-- Break Points --
5/18
5/18
Total
4/7
4/7
28%
28%
Won
57%
57%
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At the end of the match, the German scored 173 points vs. the Peruvian’s 150.

Zverev

Zverev served very well to win 83% of the points (89/107) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 42% points (16/38) on his second serve. Alexander blasted 21 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Zverev won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 28% (5/18) of the procured opportunities.

Varillas

On the other side, Juan Pablo was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he procured points (4/7). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Zverev and Varillas is 1-0 for Alexander.

Alexander Zverev Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Varillas 6-4
VarillasZverev
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
VarillasZverev
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
VarillasZverev
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
VarillasZverev
3
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
VarillasZverev
3
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
VarillasZverev
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
VarillasZverev
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
VarillasZverev
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
VarillasZverev
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
VarillasZverev
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Peruvian clinched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).

Varillas was flawless in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Alexander was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 108 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Varillas won just 2 more points than the German (55-53). Varillas surrendered 20 points on serve (32-20). On the losing side, the German conceded 23 points on serve (33-23).

2nd Set -
Zverev 6-1
ZverevVarillas
6
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
ZverevVarillas
5
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevVarillas
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevVarillas
4
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ZverevVarillas
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevVarillas
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
ZverevVarillas
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Zverev commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Juan Pablo Varillas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The German extended his lead after breaking the Peruvian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

An important stage of this set was when Alexander won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Alexander converted 20% of his break points (2/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 56 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than the Peruvian (35-21). Alexander was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the court, the Peruvian conceded 19 points on serve (19-19).

3rd Set -
Varillas 7-5
VarillasZverev
7
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
VarillasZverev
6
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
VarillasZverev
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
VarillasZverev
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
VarillasZverev
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
VarillasZverev
3
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
VarillasZverev
2
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
VarillasZverev
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
VarillasZverev
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
VarillasZverev
1
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
VarillasZverev
0
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
VarillasZverev
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

Zverev had a strong start of this set after breaking Juan Pablo Varillas in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Peruvian refused to bow to come back to break Zverev 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Varillas was spot on in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Zverev was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 85 points. Varillas was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Zverev (45-40). Juan Pablo surrendered 23 points on serve (28-23). On the losing side, the German conceded 17 points on serve (17-17).

4th Set -
Zverev 7-6
ZverevVarillas
7
6
V
0
1
Z
1
1
Z
2
1
V
2
2
V
3
2
Z
4
2
Z
5
2
V
6
2
V
6
3
Z
7
3
ZverevVarillas
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevVarillas
5
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
ZverevVarillas
5
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevVarillas
4
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
ZverevVarillas
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ZverevVarillas
3
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
ZverevVarillas
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZverevVarillas
2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
ZverevVarillas
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ZverevVarillas
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevVarillas
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
ZverevVarillas
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Zverev won the tiebreak at 7-3.

Tiebreak

Alexander won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point.

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

Alexander was unable to convert any of the 8 conquered break points. He had 8 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 100 points. Zverev won 6 more points than the Peruvian (53-47). The German lost 5 points on serve (28-5). In addition, on the other side, Varillas conceded 25 points on serve (42-25).

5th Set -
Zverev 6-4
ZverevVarillas
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZverevVarillas
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevVarillas
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevVarillas
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevVarillas
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
ZverevVarillas
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevVarillas
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
ZverevVarillas
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
ZverevVarillas
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
ZverevVarillas
1
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Zverev conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Alexander converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alexander didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 78 points. The German was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Peruvian (43-35). Alexander was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). on the other side of the net, Varillas conceded 23 points on serve (32-23).

1st
Zverev
Varillas
4-6
4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Zverev
Varillas
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Zverev
Varillas
5-7
5
7
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
4th
Zverev
Varillas
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
5th
Zverev
Varillas
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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