Alexander Zverev ousts Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-7(4) 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Beijing on Saturday. Zverev will square off with Nicolas Jarry in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 34 minutes. His most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2017 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
The German added to his prize money $ 46,415 after winning this match. He has already won $ 99,560 after this win. If he wins the next match, the German will add $ 95,300 to his earnings to get in total $ 194,860 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:34
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 107 points vs. the Spaniard’s 86.
Zverev
Zverev won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 44% (8/18) of the procured opportunities.
Davidovich Fokina
On the other side, Alejandro was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (3/6). However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Davidovich Fokina is 4-1 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Nicolas Jarry – stats
Zverev will play Jarry in the quarter.
This will be the 6th time that Alexander Zverev and Nicolas Jarry clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Zverev won 7-5 6-3 in the quarter in Halle back in June 2023.
The German was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 59 points vs. Jarry’s 32 points.
Live score progression and stats
Alejandro won the set after he broke Alexander 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Zverev tried to stage a comeback breaking 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Notwithstanding, the Spaniard managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-6.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
The Spaniard was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 7th (3-3 40-A), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Alexander was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A), the 8th (3-4 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (5-6 15-40).
They played 102 points. Alejandro conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Zverev (53-49). The Spaniard conceded 29 points on serve (34-29). on the other side of the court, the German conceded 19 points on serve (20-19).
Zverev in this set played much better tennis than the Spaniard and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the Spaniard in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
Certainly, a key moment was when Alexander won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
Alexander converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-1 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Alexander conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Davidovich Fokina (31-17). Zverev conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). on the other side of the net, Davidovich Fokina conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
Zverev conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The German managed to boost his lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
The German converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (4-0 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Alejandro wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 40-A).
They played 43 points. Zverev was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than the Spaniard (28-15). The German lost 5 points on serve (15-5). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
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