Jordan Thompson surprises Zverev in the semifinal to play vs Ruud. HIGHLIGHTS – LOS CABOS RESULTS

Jordan Thompson surprises Alexander Zverev 7-5 4-6 7-6(2) in the semifinal in Los Cabos on Friday. Thompson will try to keep the momentum against Casper Ruud in the final. The epic lasted 3 hours and 40 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

The Australian added to his prize money $ 33,455 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 81,195 after this win. If he wins the next match, Thompson will add $ 57,995 to his earnings to get in total $ 139,190 in total.

Highlights Jordan Thompson vs. Alexander Zverev Mifel Tennis Open – Los Cabos

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, Jordan scored 124 points vs. Alexander’s 118.

Thompson

Jordan won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.

Zverev

On the other side, the German had a tough time converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Thompson and Zverev is 2-1 for Jordan.

Draw and next match H2H: Jordan Thompson vs. Casper Ruud – stats

Thompson will square off with Ruud in the final.

This will be the 5^th time that Jordan Thompson and Casper Ruud fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Thompson and Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Live score progression and stats

Thompson had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Alexander Zverev in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the Australian managed to stage a good comeback to break Zverev 3 times in the 4^th (2-2), in the 6^th (3-3) gamein the 12^th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Jordan failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.

Thompson converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7

break points opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 0-40), the 6^th (2-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12^th game (6-5 0-40). In addition on the other side, Zverev converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had his opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 3^rd (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5^th (2-2 15-40) and the 9^th game (4-4 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 95 points. Thompson was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Alexander (51-44). The Australian conceded 28 points on serve (33-28). On the losing side, Alexander conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Alexander grabbed in the 5^th game (3-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).

Zverev was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5^th game (2-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 58 points. The German won 4 more points than Jordan (31-27). Alexander surrendered 8 points on serve (20-8). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Thompson had no problems to conquer the tiebreak 7-2.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 5 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1), 3^rd (2-1), 6^th (5-1), 7^th (6-1) and 9^th (7-2) point. On the other side, Zverev won 2 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0) and 8^th (2-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 7-2

Thompson was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 12^th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Thompson didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 89 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Jordan won only 1 point more than Zverev (45-44). Thompson conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the net, the German conceded 23 points on serve (34-23).

Tennis Scores in Los Cabos

• Casper RuudRuud – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats and score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-5 4-6 7-6²) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Casper RuudRuud (1-2) – H2H details and stats