Alexander Zverev confidently eliminated outsider Nuno Borges at the ATP Masters in Rome and reached the quarter-finals.
The Olympic tennis champion beat the unseeded Portuguese 6:2, 7:5 in 87 minutes on Tuesday (May 14th, 2024). The Hamburger’s next opponent is the American Taylor Fritz (No. 11).
Zverev continues without losing a set
Zverev, who is still without losing a set at the clay court tournament in the Eternal City, started the match with a break, but gave up his service a little later to make it 2-2. However, as the first set progressed, Borges, who was in a Masters round of 16 for the first time, no longer won a game.
The decision in the much closer second set came when the 27-year-old Zverev took the serve from his opponent of the same age for a 6:5 lead.
Fritz wins against Dimitrov
On the way to reaching the semi-finals in Rome for the first time since 2022, Zverev, who is in third place, now has a much more difficult task ahead of him. Fritz, number eight in the world rankings, beat eighth-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6:2, 6:7 (11:13), 6:1 in the round of 16.
World number five Zverev, the last remaining German in the field, won the Masters in the Italian capital in 2017. In 2018 he was in the final. Rome is used by tennis professionals to prepare for the French Open in Paris, which begins on May 20th. Zverev’s last tournament victory was last September.
2024-05-14 15:28:48
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