Alexander Zverev survives Ugo Humbert 6-4 6-7(3) 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Paris on Wednesday after winning a huge battle. Zverev is going to play against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 3rd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 29 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the final in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alexander added to his prize money € 36,060 after winning this match. He has already won € 77,760 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add € 67,620 to his earnings to get in total € 145,380 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Ugo Humbert Rolex Paris Masters – Paris
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 128 points vs. the French player’s 125.
Zverev
The German blasted 11 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The German won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 23% (3/13) of the procured opportunities.
Humbert
On the other side, Ugo was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 15% – 2/13). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Humbert is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Zverev will face Tsitsipas in the 3rd round.
This will be the 13th time that Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas face off. The head to head is 8-4 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.
The last time that they squared off, Tsitsipas won 6-3 6-2 in the R in London back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Zverev snatched in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
The French player was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Alexander converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40). On the other side, Ugo was unable to convert any of his 10 break points. He had 10 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 95 points. It’s worth to point out that, Zverev won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the French player (47-48). Zverev conceded 22 points on serve (32-22). In addition, on the other side, the French player conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).
Humbert clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The French player broke back in the 10th (5-5) game to conquer the set 7-6.
Humbert was flawless in converting all his break points in the 0th (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the German was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th game (2-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, Ugo won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Zverev (37-40). The French player surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). On the losing side, the German conceded 20 points on serve (33-20).
Zverev won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Alexander broke back in the 8th (4-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-5.
Tiebreak
Alexander won 3 minibreaks in the 7th (3-4), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the French player won a minibreak in the 4th (3-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
The German converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Ugo was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 40-A).
They played 85 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alexander won just 3 points more than Humbert (44-41). Zverev surrendered 8 points on serve (23-8). on the other side of the court, Ugo conceded 21 points on serve (33-21).
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