Alexander Zverev is one of the most consistent tennis players, in the good sense of the word, so far this season. The German, 26 years old and number 5 in the world, got rid of the giant-killer Fabian Marozsan in two sets (6-3 and 7-5 in 1h37) and reaches his third semifinal of 2023 at the Miami Open without having yet lost a set in four games. He expects a rival for tomorrow: Carlos Alcaraz or Grigor Dimitrov, who face each other from 00:00.
Champion of the United Cup with Germany (he beat the Polish Hubert Hurkacz in the final), Zverev was a semi-finalist at the Australian Open (he lost to Daniil Medvedev) and in Los Cabos (he was beaten by the Australian Jordan Thompson, who ultimately won the trophy) , and quarterfinalist in Indian Wells (defeated by Alcaraz, who could be his next rival). He only failed in Acapulco, where he went home at the first opportunity after losing against his compatriot Daniel Altmaier.
End of a great streak
Marozsan, a 24-year-old Hungarian and 57th (he will rise to 38th place next Monday), had eliminated two top-10 players in Miami, one after the other: Holger Rune (7th) and Alex de Miñaur (10th). Getting a third party down seemed like a very complicated mission. And Zverev was warned. “If he continues playing like this he will rise quickly in the ranking and be one of the best,” he said at the end of a very serious match on his part, in which he won many points with his accurate serve (74% first and 80% points won with them) and committed only 10 unforced errors.
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Alexander was playing in the quarterfinals of the tournament for the fourth time and with his victory he reached his 17th Masters 1,000 semifinal (second in the Florida event, where he was a finalist in 2018). Among active tennis players, he is only surpassed by Novak Djokovic (76), Rafa Nadal (76) and Andy Murray (33). Fabian was trying to reach the first. The experience was key, because Marozsan’s nerves clearly betrayed him, he was overly aggressive and failed (23 errors). “I love Miami and I am happy to reach the final rounds of a great tournament again,” he celebrated. Now he will go for his first final of the course with great confidence.
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2024-03-28 19:23:07
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