Alexander Zverev survives Cameron Norrie 7-5 3-6 6-3 4-6 7-6(3) in the 4th round in Melbourne on Monday after winning a huge battle. Zverev will clash against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter. The epic lasted 4 hours and 5 minutes. His best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Zverev added to his prize money $ 225,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 600,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add $ 390,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 990,000 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Cameron Norrie Australian Open – Melbourne
Zverev’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
4-6 7-63
4h:05
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 166 points vs. Cameron’s 153.
Zverev
Alexander served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (87/114) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 44% points (16/36) on his second serve. Zverev struck 15 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Zverev won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.
Norrie
On the other side, Norrie was battling in converting his break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Zverev and Norrie is 5-2 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats
Zverev will square off with Alcaraz in the quarter.
This will be the 8th time that Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz face off. The head to head is 4-3 for Zverev (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Zverev won the set after he broke Norrie 3 times in the 8th (4-4), in the 10th (5-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game.
The Brit was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
They contested 46 points. Zverev conquered the set after winning 16 points more than the Brit (31-15). The German was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, Cameron conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Cameron won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 5th (2-3) game, The Brit broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
The German couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
They contested 53 points. Cameron won 7 more points than the German (30-23). Norrie dropped 13 points on serve (19-13). In addition, on the other side, Alexander conceded 11 points on serve (10-11).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the German grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-3).
They contested 55 points. Alexander was the one to win the set after conquering 15 more points than Norrie (35-20). Zverev was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (19-3). In addition, on the other side, Norrie conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
Similarly to the 3rd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Norrie conquered in the 10th game (6-4) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Norrie failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Cameron was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Alexander wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (3-6 40-A).
They contested 58 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cameron won just 2 points more than Alexander (30-28). Norrie surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). On the losing side, Zverev conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
The 5th set random the deciding set was a thriller.
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Alexander won a thrilling breaker 10-3 after a huge fight with 13 points played.
Tiebreak
The German won 6 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 8th (6-2), 9th (7-2), 12th (9-3) and 13th (10-3) point. On the other side, Cameron won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 11th (3-8) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2, 8-2, 8-3, 9-3, 10-3
The German was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Brit was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 77 points. Zverev was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Norrie (44-33). Zverev dropped 9 points on serve (26-9). on the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 7-64 5-7 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-5 3-6 6-3 4-6 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-4 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-0 6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-4 6-75 6-74 6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-63 5-7 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (8-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (4-3) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (3-2) – H2H details and stats
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