Alexander Zverev (17th in the ATP) confirmed his great moment after defeating in the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Masters 1000 Adrian Mannarino (32nd) by 6-2 and 6-3 in just over an hour of play.
In this way, the German returned to the semifinals of a tournament of this category after 15 months. The last time had been in Romaaveraging the middle of 2022.
Alexander Zverev returned to the semifinals of a Masterss 1000 after 15 months. Getty
Zverev was a machine throughout the entire game. With his first serve as his main weapon, and being aggressive on the return, he knew how to permanently bother the French.
So far, during his stay in Cincinnati, he only lost one set: against Daniil Medvedev in the 6-4, 5-7 and 6-4 victory. In the other games he did not have too many problems to defeat Grigor Dimitrov (6-2 and 6-2), Yoshihito Nishioka (7-5 and 6-4) and Adrian Mannarino (6-2 and 6-3).
With this victory he returned to the semifinals of a Masters 1000 after 15 months. The last time had been in Rome, in May 2022. There, he could not access the final since lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets.
Of course, the following tournament, the German suffered a severe injury at Roland Garros that kept him off the courts for several months. In this 2023, the furthest he had gone in this class of tournaments had been the fourth round (Indian Wells, Madrid and Rome).
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For now, in the next instance he will face the winner of the duel between Novak Djokovic y Taylor Fritz. With the Serbian the record is negative (4-7) and against the American positive (4-3)
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2023-08-19 01:05:48
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