Stubborn Alexander Zverev survives Davidovich Fokina in the 3rd round at the Mutua Madrid Open – MADRID RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Zverev survives Davidovich Fokina

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Luke Meyer
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Alexander Zverev outlasts Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 2-6 7-6(3) 7-6(0) in the 3rd round in Madrid on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. The battle lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes. Zverev won this tournament twice in 2018 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Zverev
Madrid
Zverev's Record

The German added to his prize money € 37,520 after winning this match. He has already won € 90,445 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alexander will add € 75,225 to his earnings to get in total € 165,670 in total.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zverev
Fokina
Alexander Zverev
2-6 7-63 7-60
2h:44
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
98
98
Total points
100
100
46
46
Winners
54
54
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
2
2
6
6
Double Faults
0
0
70%
70%
1st in
67%
67%
72%
72%
1st won
76%
76%
46/64
46/64
1st won
54/71
54/71
57%
57%
2nd won
46%
46%
16/28
16/28
2nd won
16/35
16/35
-- Break Points --
2/11
2/11
Total
4/7
4/7
18%
18%
Won
57%
57%
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The German won this match even if he conquered less points than Davidovich Fokina (98 vs. 100).

Zverev

Zverev struck 11 aces and he committed 6 double faults. The German won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 18% (2/11) of the procured opportunities.

Davidovich Fokina

On the other side, the Spaniard was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered points (4/7). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Zverev and Davidovich Fokina is 5-1 for Alexander.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Fokina 6-2
FokinaZverev
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
FokinaZverev
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
FokinaZverev
5
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
FokinaZverev
5
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
FokinaZverev
4
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
FokinaZverev
4
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
FokinaZverev
3
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
FokinaZverev
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
FokinaZverev
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Zverev had a racing start in this set after breaking Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Davidovich Fokina reinforced his lead after breaking the German in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

A defining moment of this set was when Alejandro won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Davidovich Fokina was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the German wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).

They contested 52 points. Alejandro was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than the German (33-19). Alejandro surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, Zverev conceded 16 points on serve (13-16).

2nd Set -
Zverev 7-6
ZverevFokina
7
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
ZverevFokina
7
6
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
4
3
5
3
6
3
ZverevFokina
6
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
ZverevFokina
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZverevFokina
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevFokina
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
ZverevFokina
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevFokina
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
ZverevFokina
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
ZverevFokina
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevFokina
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevFokina
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevFokina
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Zverev won the set after he broke the Spaniard .

Alexander was unable to convert any of the 8 conquered break points. He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 14th game (7-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 87 points. The contest during this set was so even that Alexander won only 1 point more than Alejandro (44-43). Alexander lost 6 points on serve (21-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Davidovich Fokina conceded 23 points on serve (37-23).

3rd Set -
Zverev 7-6
ZverevFokina
7
6
F
1
0
Z
2
0
Z
3
0
F
4
0
F
5
0
Z
6
0
Z
7
0
ZverevFokina
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZverevFokina
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevFokina
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevFokina
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZverevFokina
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ZverevFokina
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
ZverevFokina
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZverevFokina
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevFokina
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevFokina
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
ZverevFokina
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

The German won the set after he broke the Spaniard in the 9th (5-4) game. Alejandro tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Zverev kept the situation under control to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 0.

The German failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 0.

Tiebreak

Alexander won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.

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

The German converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (4-5 0-40).

They played 59 points. Alexander was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Spaniard (34-25). Zverev conceded 7 points on serve (24-7). On the losing side, Alejandro conceded 10 points on serve (18-10).

1st
Zverev
Fokina
2-6
2
6
2
5
1
5
1
4
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
2nd
Zverev
Fokina
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Zverev
Fokina
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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