Alexander Zverev outlasts Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5 1-6 7-5 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. Zverev will seek to keep on going in this event against Daniil Medvedev in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alexander added to his prize money $ 41,185 after winning this match. He has already won $ 96,955 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add $ 87,510 to his earnings to get in total $ 184,465 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Emil Ruusuvuori BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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The German won this contest even if he conquered less points than the Finn (94 vs. 101).
Zverev
Zverev won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.
Ruusuvuori
On the other side, the Finn wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 31% – 4/13). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zverev and Ruusuvuori is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Zverev will take on Medvedev in the 4th round.
This will be the 13th time that Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev square off. The head to head is 6-6 for Zverev and Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Zverev conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Zverev broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game to win the set 7-5.
Ruusuvuori was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Zverev converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Ruusuvuori was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40).
They played 71 points. It’s worth to point out that, Alexander won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Emil (35-36). Alexander surrendered 12 points on serve (23-12). On the losing side, Ruusuvuori conceded 12 points on serve (24-12).
Zverev had a racing start in this set after breaking Emil Ruusuvuori in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Finn reinforced his lead after breaking the German in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when the Finn won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Ruusuvuori was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (3-0 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the German was unerring in converting all his break points in the 7th game (1-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 52 points. Emil conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the German (29-23). The Finn lost 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the court, Alexander conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Zverev conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Emil Ruusuvuori in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the German to win the set as the Finn succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. The German kept his focus to break Emil in the 12th (7-5) game.
Zverev converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Ruusuvuori converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 72 points. This set was so close that, Zverev won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Zverev surrendered 14 points on serve (23-14). on the other side of the court, Ruusuvuori conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
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