Alexander Zverev exterminates Karen Khachanov 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to clash against Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. Zverev won this tournament once in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alexander added to his prize money $ 42,405 after winning this match. He has already won $ 91,435 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add $ 79,505 to his earnings to get in total $ 170,940 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Karen Khachanov Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Zverev scored 63 points vs. Karen’s 46
.Zverev
Zverev served very well to win 84% of the points (31/37) behind his first serve. Anyhow he won only 37% points (7/19) on his second serve. Alexander was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Khachanov
On the other side, Karen was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Zverev and Khachanov is 5-2 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats
Zverev will face Carreno-Busta in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Alexander Zverev and Pablo Carreno-Busta square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the German snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before finally winning the set (6-3).
Zverev converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Khachanov wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 62 points. The German conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Karen (37-25). The German lost 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, Karen conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Zverev had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Karen Khachanov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Zverev to win the set because Karen managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. The German kept his focus to break Karen in the 7th
(5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).Alexander was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the Russian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A).
They contested 47 points. The German conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Khachanov (26-21). Zverev conceded 12 points on serve (17-12). On the other side, Karen conceded 9 points on serve (9-9).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
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- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (4-6 6-4 6-3)
- Jack DraperDraper – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-6 6-4 7-5)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-64 3-1 ret.)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-6 7-64 6-1)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 6-2)
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-3)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur FilsFils (7-5 7-63)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-2)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-62 6-4)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 7-5)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-4)
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