Alexander Zverev dispatches Lorenzo Sonego 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Dubai on Thursday. Zverev will have to play Andrey Rublev in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2015. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alexander added to his prize money $ 74,890 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 153,125 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add $ 134,195 to his earnings to get in total $ 287,320.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Lorenzo Sonego Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 72 points vs. the Italian’s 58.
Zverev
The German served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (42/50) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 36% points (4/11) on his second serve. Alexander won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Sonego
On the other side, Sonego wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Zverev and Sonego is 2-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Zverev will square off with Rublev in the semifinal.
This will be the 6th time that Alexander Zverev and Andrey Rublev face off. The head to head is 5-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Zverev grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) prior to eventually winning the set (7-5).
The Italian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Alexander converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Lorenzo was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 79 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Lorenzo (42-37). Zverev dropped 8 points on serve (25-8). on the other side of the court, Sonego conceded 17 points on serve (29-17).
Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zverev grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
The German was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 51 points. Zverev won 9 points more than Sonego (30-21). Alexander dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). In addition, on the other side, Lorenzo conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 7-63) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (9-4) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (5-0) – H2H details and stats