Match Report
Zverev survives Griekspoor scare, reaches fourth spherical in Shanghai
Second seed to face Goffin subsequent
October 08, 2024
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Alexander Zverev is into the fourth spherical of a ninth consecutive ATP Masters 1000.
By ATP Employees
Alexander Zverev survived a scare on Tuesday towards Tallon Griekspoor within the third spherical of the Rolex Shanghai Masters, requiring eight match factors to ebook his ticket to the final 16.
With the triumph, Zverev is into the fourth spherical of a ninth consecutive ATP Masters 1000, nonetheless alive in his quest for a second title in 2024. The World No. 3 regrouped from an out-of-sorts second set to prevail 7-6(6), 2-6, 7-6(5) and lengthen his lead of their Lexus ATP Head2Head collection to 5-1.
“It was a tricky match, going backwards and forwards. I believed he was a bit fortunate in the course of the third set and I bought very fortunate within the tie-break, so we equalled one another out,” stated Zverev, who’s making his sixth look in Shanghai.
“It was an unbelievable match, he’s somebody that I all the time wrestle towards. We all the time have extraordinarily powerful matches and, for me, he needs to be lots increased ranked than he’s. He wants to have a look at why he isn’t taking part in like that each single week. He might be High 15, High 10 on the earth.”
Shifting 🔛@AlexZverev digs deep to get previous Griekspoor 7-6(6) 2-6 7-5.@SH_RolexMasters | #RolexShanghaiMasters pic.twitter.com/GmESoEsB7a
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Zverev, who improved to 59-18 on the season, trails solely Jannik Sinner in match wins. The German will subsequent face David Goffin.
The Belgian is into the fourth spherical of an ATP Masters 1000 for the primary time for the reason that 2022 Madrid Open after rallying from a set deficit to beat American Marcos Giron 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in a gripping encounter.
Zverev, who reached the Shanghai last in 2019, is bidding to win a fifth totally different ATP Masters 1000 title after triumphs in Rome (2017, 2024), Madrid (2018, 2021), Cincinnati (2021), and Canada (2017). He’s additionally a two-time Nitto ATP Finals champion and has booked his spot for a seventh look this 12 months in Turin.
Zverev’s resilience got here to the fore within the dying embers of the opening set when he transformed his second set level to swing the match in his favour. The 27-year-old, nonetheless, did not capitalise on the momentum in an error-strewn set.
Girekspoor, No. 40 within the PIF ATP Rankings, solely hit two unforced errors in set two en path to levelling the match at one set apiece.
The Dutchman fended off eight break factors – 4 of which had been match factors within the twelfth sport – within the deciding set to power a tie-break. It appeared as if the match was turning, however Zverev stormed to a 6/2 lead, producing 4 additional alternatives to shut out the conflict.
After some gutsy tennis from Griekspoor to cut back the deficit to only one level, the Dutchman’s laborious work was finally undone by a routine forehand volley that sailed into the online, handing Zverev, who stays alive in his quest to achieve the fourth spherical of all ATP Masters 1000s in 2024, victory on his eighth try.