Alexander Zverev destroys Marcos Giron 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Halle on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to square off with Lorenzo Sonego in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the final in 2016 and 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.
Zverev added to his prize money € 17,215 after winning this match. He has already won € 36,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, the German will add € 32,215 to his earnings to get in total € 69,100 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Marcos Giron Terra Wortmann Open – Halle
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alexander scored 68 points vs. the American’s 41.
Zverev
The German served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (28/34) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (6/10) on his second serve. Zverev blasted 10 aces without committing any double fault. The German won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Giron
On the other side, Giron wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Giron is 4-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats
Zverev will face Sonego in the 2nd round.
This will be the 5th time that Alexander Zverev and Lorenzo Sonego clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Alexander in this set played at a much higher level than Marcos and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Marcos in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Zverev failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Giron had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
They played 77 points. Alexander was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than the American (45-32). The German dropped 9 points on serve (22-9). On the losing side, Giron conceded 23 points on serve (23-23).
Zverev got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Marcos Giron in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The German managed to boost his lead after breaking the American in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Alexander converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the German didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 30 points. Alexander conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Marcos (22-8). Zverev was unchallenged on serve to drop barely 1 point during his serving games (12-1). on the other side of the net, Marcos conceded 10 points on serve (7-10).
Tennis Scores in Halle
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Zizou BergsBergs (7-5 6-3)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 6-1)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (2-6 7-5 6-4)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 4-6 7-64)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 6-3)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Joao FonsecaFonseca (5-7 7-63 7-68)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-5 6-3)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-5 3-6 6-3)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 6-2)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-4)
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-76 6-1)
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 6-4)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 3-6 7-65)
- Quentin HalysHalys – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-4)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-3)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-73 6-4 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-4) – H2H details and stats
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alexander BublikBublik (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Tomas MachacMachac (0-1) – H2H details and stats