Alexander Zverev tops Alex De Minaur 6-4 7-6(5) 6-4 in the quarter in Paris on Wednesday. Zverev will have to play Casper Ruud in the semifinal. The match lasted 2 hours and 59 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
The German added to his prize money € 235,000 after conquering this match. He has already won € 650,000 till now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, the German will add € 550,000 to his earnings to get in total € 1,200,000.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Alex De Minaur French Open – Paris
Zverev’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 104 points vs. the Australian’s 96.
Zverev
The German was pretty good at converting 83% of the break points that he procured (5/6).
De Minaur
On the other side, Alex had some problems converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zverev and De Minaur is 8-2 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Zverev will fight against Ruud in the semifinal.
This will be the 5th time that Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Zverev and Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Alexander won the set after he broke Alex in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. De Minaur tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Zverev kept the focus to win the set 6-4.
Alexander converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 6th game (3-3 0-40 and 15-40). Also, on the other side, the Australian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 3rd game (1-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 60 points. The German was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than De Minaur (32-28). Alexander dropped 14 points on serve (20-14). on the other side of the net, Alex conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Alexander won the set after he broke Alex in the 5th (3-2) game. De Minaur tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Alexander kept the situation under control to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
Alexander won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (1-4), 9th (4-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, De Minaur won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 3rd (3-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 0-4, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Alexander was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 30-40). Alexander saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, Alex converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A).
They contested 81 points. It’s worth to point out that, The German won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Australian (40-41). Alexander conceded 16 points on serve (30-16). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (25-10).
Zverev won the set after he broke Alex in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. De Minaur tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nevertheless, the German didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-4.
Zverev was unerring in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, De Minaur converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 59 points. Zverev was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the Australian (32-27). Alexander dropped 11 points on serve (19-11). On the losing side, Alex conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Tennis Scores at the French Open
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-4 7-65 6-4)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-2 6-4 7-63)
- Casper RuudRuud – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (w/o)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-3 7-63 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Casper RuudRuud – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Jannik SinnerSinner (4-4) – H2H details and stats