Gritty Alexander Zverev survives Basilashvili in the 3rd round of the Coupe Rogers

Alexander Zverev survives Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-5 5-7 7-6⁵ in the 3^rd round in Montreal on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Zverev will fight against Karen Khachanov in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The German won the set after he broke Nikoloz 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 9^th (5-4) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. The Georgean tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 10^th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, Alexander didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 7-5.

The German failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

2^nd set.

Basilashvili was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Zverev in the 2^nd game (2-0). Yet, there was more to do for Basilashvili to win the set as Zverev found the way to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. Nikoloz kept his focus to break Zverev in the 12^th (7-5) game.

3^rd set.

Zverev started the set in the best possible way after breaking Basilashvili in the 1^st game (1-0). However, there was more to do for Alexander to win the set since the Georgean managed to break back in the 8^th (4-4) game. The German kept his focus before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

At the end of the match, Alexander scored 117 points vs. the Georgean’s 116 points.

Zverev fired 15 aces and he committed 14 double faults. Zverev won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 28% (5/18). On the other side, the Georgean was fantastic in converting all the break points (5/5). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Basilashvili is 3-1 for Alexander.

Next Match: Alexander Zverev vs. Karen Khachanov – H2H and stats

Zverev will take on Khachanov in the quarter.

This will be the 4^th time that Alexander Zverev and Karen Khachanov face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Khachanov won 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Paris back in 2018.