Alexander Zverev survives Tallon Griekspoor 7-6(6) 2-6 7-6(5) in the 3rd round in Shanghai on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Zverev will try to go further in the tournament when playing against David Goffin in the 4th round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
The German added to his prize money $ 41,900 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 101,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add $ 84,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 185,000 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Tallon Griekspoor Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:48
Zverev won this contest even if he won the same amount of points of Griekspoor (110 vs. 110).
Zverev
The German fired 11 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The German won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 10% (1/10) of the procured opportunities.
Griekspoor
On the other side, the Dutch had some problems converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Zverev and Griekspoor is 5-1 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. David Goffin – stats
Zverev will fight against Goffin in the 4th round.
This will be the 8th time that Alexander Zverev and David Goffin fight against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Zverev won 7-64 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Roland garros back in May 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Alexander won the set after he broke Griekspoor .
Alexander wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Griekspoor was unable to convert any of his 7 break points. He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (5-7 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 92 points. It’s worth to point out that, Zverev won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Tallon (44-48). Zverev dropped 23 points on serve (36-23). On the other side, Griekspoor conceded 8 points on serve (25-8).
Zverev was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Tallon Griekspoor in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for the Dutch to win the set because Zverev found the way to break back in the 6th (1-5) game.
Griekspoor failed to serve out the set when leading 5-0 to be broken at 0.
There was a pivotal moment in this set when Griekspoor won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Dutch was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (4-0 30-40). On the other side, Zverev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (0-5 0-40).
They contested 47 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Tallon won just 3 more points than the German (25-22). Tallon conceded 10 points on serve (14-10). In addition, on the other side, Zverev conceded 11 points on serve (12-11).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, the German won the breaker at 7-5.
Alexander missed the opportunity to break the Dutch in the 12th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Alexander won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (5-1) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Tallon won a minibreak in the 9th (3-6) point.
Zverev won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Zverev was unable to convert any of the 8 conquered break points. He had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zverev won just 3 points more than the Dutch (42-39). Alexander conceded 5 points on serve (24-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the Dutch conceded 18 points on serve (34-18).
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