Alexander Zverev wins the title in Chengdu. HIGHLIGHTS – CHENGDU RESULTS

Alexander Zverev wins against Roman Safiullin 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-3 in the final in Chengdu on Tuesday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 56 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.

Chengdu

Zverev's Record

Alexander added $ 73,055 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 175,340 in total after winning this tournament.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Roman Safiullin Chengdu Open – Chengdu

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zverev

Safiullin

6-7² 7-6⁵ 6-3
2h:56

111

111

Total points

104

104

62

62

Winners

49

49

56%

56%

Ratio Winners

47%

47%

-- Serve --

10

10

Aces

8

8

1

1

Double Faults

4

4

76%

76%

1st in

62%

62%

77%

77%

1st won

72%

72%

62/81

62/81

1st won

49/68

49/68

52%

52%

2nd won

59%

59%

13/25

13/25

2nd won

24/41

24/41

-- Break Points --

2/10

2/10

Total

1/2

1/2

20%

20%

Won

50%

50%

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At the end of the match, Alexander scored 111 points vs. Roman’s 104.

Zverev

Alexander served extremely well to win 77% of the points (62/81) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (13/25) on his second serve. The German blasted 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Alexander won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 20% (2/10) of the procured opportunities.

Safiullin

On the other side, Roman was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Safiullin is 2-0 for Alexander.

This was the 21^st career title for the German. (see list of titles and finals). This was Safiullin’s 1^st final. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

Roman won the set after he broke Alexander .

Safiullin wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11^th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Alexander was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2^nd (1-1 30-40), the 10^th (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14^th game (5-7 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 88 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Roman won just 2 more points than Alexander (45-43). Safiullin lost 18 points on serve (38-18). on the other side of the court, the German conceded 7 points on serve (25-7).

Zverev started the set in the best possible way after breaking Roman Safiullin in the 2^nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Zverev refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Russian in the 3^rd (1-2) game before winning the set (7-6).

The German converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3^rd game (1-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Roman was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1^st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alexander won just 2 more points than Roman (44-42). Alexander dropped 21 points on serve (35-21). In addition, on the other side, Safiullin conceded 9 points on serve (21-9).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the German grabbed in the 4^th game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Zverev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4^th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 41 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Roman (24-17). Alexander was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, Roman conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).