Alexander Zverev hustles Alexander Shevchenko 7-6(1) 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in Rio De Janeiro on Wednesday. Zverev will try to keep the momentum against Francisco Comesana in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes.
Alexander added to his prize money $ 30,605 after winning this match. He has already won $ 65,645 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add $ 62,845 to his earnings to get in total $ 128,490 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Alexander Shevchenko Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 104 points vs. Alexander’s 89.
Zverev
Zverev won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.
Shevchenko
On the other side, Alexander didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Shevchenko is 1-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Francisco Comesana – stats
Zverev will play Comesana in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Francisco Comesana since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Zverev had a great start in this set after breaking Alexander Shevchenko in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, there was more to do for the German to win the set since the Kazakhstani managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Alexander kept his focus to break Alexander in the 9th (4-5) game before winning the set (7-6).
The German converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (3-5 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alexander was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They played 101 points. The German won 13 more points than Alexander (57-44
). Zverev lost 12 points on serve (31-12). On the losing side, the Kazakhstani conceded 26 points on serve (32-26).Alexander won the set after he broke Alexander in the 4th (3-1) game. The Kazakhstani tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Zverev managed to stay calm and finish the job to eventually clinch the set at the following breaker at 6.
Tiebreak
Alexander won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 11th (5-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Alexander won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 4th (3-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Zverev converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A). Zverev saved 5 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 4-6 and 5-6 down. In addition on the other side, Shevchenko converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 92 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zverev won just 2 more points than the Kazakhstani (47-45). Alexander dropped 14 points on serve (26-14). on the other side of the net, Alexander conceded 21 points on serve (31-21).
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