TENNIS SCORES. Alexander Zverev dispatches Albot in the 1st round of the U.S. Open

Alexander Zverev overcomes Radu Albot 6-1 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-2 in the 1^st round in New York on Tuesday. Zverev will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Frances Tiafoe in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Zverev started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Albot in the 1^st game (1-0). Zverev managed to boost his lead after breaking Albot in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before winning the set.

Radu was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).

2^nd set.

Albot started the set in the best possible way after breaking Zverev in the 1^st game (1-0). Yet, Zverev refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Moldovan in the 4^th (2-2) and in the 6^th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

A crucial moment of the match was when Alexander won 5 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-2 to 5-2.

3^rd set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Albot conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

4^th set.

Albot overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Zverev in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Albot to win the set as Zverev found the way to break back in the 6^th (3-3) game. Radu kept his focus to break the German in the 9^th (5-4) game before managing to win the set (6-4).

5^th set.

Zverev had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Albot in the 2^nd game (2-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Zverev to win the set as the Moldovan managed to break back in the 3^rd (1-2) game. The German kept his cool to break the Moldovan in the 6^th (4-2) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

Albot lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Zverev scored 149 points vs. Albot’s 125 points.

Zverev won this match even if he was struggling in converting his break points since he converted only 47% (9/19). On the other side, Albot didn’t lose the focus when converting 71% of the break points that he conquered points (5/7). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Zverev and Albot is 1-0 for Alexander.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Radu Albot U.S. Open – New York

Next Match: Alexander Zverev vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats

Zverev will face Tiafoe in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Alexander Zverev and Frances Tiafoe play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Zverev won 6-4 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Paris back in 2018.

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