Alexander Zverev

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Alexander Zverev w pełni wykorzystuje możliwość rywalizowania na ceglanej mączce. Odkąd rozpoczął się sezon gry na kortach ziemnych, Niemiec wystąpił w każdym kolejnym tygodniu. Zagrał w Marrakeszu (doszedł do II rundy), Monte Carlo (III runda), Barcelonie (II runda), Monachium (ćwierćfinał) i w Madrycie (ćwierćfinał). Teraz czekać go będą zawody w Rzymie.

- Jak powiedziałem na początku sezonu gry na mączce, potrzebuję meczów i czasów - mówił Zverev na konferencji prasowej w stolicy Włoch, cytowany przez portal puntodebreak.com. - Każdy turniej jest w moim wykonaniu coraz lepszy. W Madrycie przegrałem z Tsitsipasem, ale mogłem wygrać. W trzecim secie przy stanie 1:1 nie wykorzystałem piłek na przełamanie i to wpłynęło na poziom mojej pewności siebie. Gdybym wygrał, kto wie, co dalej wydarzyłoby się w turnieju.

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Zverev Makes Apology Of A Lifetime For Young Fan In Rome

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Former singles champion gives young fan headband during doubles match
Alexander Zverev might have lost a doubles match Monday with brother Mischa Zverev at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, but he left the court with a lifetime fan.

The 2017 singles champion put away an overhead at 3-3 in the first set against Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus, bouncing the ball over the fence and into the crowd. At the next changeover, Zverev greeted the young fan whom the ball hit, checking on her and tying one of his headband's around her forehead, leaving the youngster with a big smile on her face.

"I obviously hit her with an overhead, which was not on purpose," Zverev said. "I saw she was a little bit sad, crying. Yeah, I thought that was the right thing to do, to give her a little present, cheer her up. I hope it made her day."

It's not the first time Zverev has made a young lifetime fan outside of his play, either. In Miami two years ago, he gave one of his headbands to a 'Mini Sascha' in the crowd. Last year, Zverev met with the boy again, giving him a new headband and even inviting him out to the practice court for a hit.

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Zverev Cruises Into Geneva Quarter-finals

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Delbonis defeats Dimitrov in three sets
Alexander Zverev breezed past Ernests Gulbis 6-2, 6-1 to reach the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open quarter-finals on Tuesday.

The World No. 5, making his first appearance at the ATP 250 event, won 81 per cent of first-serve points (34/42) and saved eight of nine break points to book his spot in the last eight after 65 minutes. Zverev improves to 16-10 this year and levels his FedEx ATP Head2Head series against Gulbis at 1-1.

"It was a good win, obviously [Gulbis] is someone that plays very aggressive and hits the ball very hard at times," said Zverev. "[In the] first few games I thought it was going to be a very difficult match and then I picked up my level a little bit."

Zverev will face Hugo Dellien, who defeated Janko Tipsarevic 7-6(3), 6-3, in his third clay-court quarter-final of the season. Earlier this month, the German reached back-to-back quarter-finals on the surface at the BMW Open by FWU (l. to Garin) and the Mutua Madrid Open (l. to Tsitsipas).

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Federico Delbonis recovered from a set down to record his first victory against Grigor Dimitrov. The 28-year-old Argentine, who entered the first-round match with a 0-2 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Dimitrov, converted all five break points he earned to record a 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory after one hour and 36 minutes.

The 2015 semi-finalist (l. to Sousa) will meet defending champion Marton Fucsovics in the second round. Last year, Fucsovics defeated Peter Gojowczyk in the championship match to become the first Hungarian to lift a tour-level title since 1982. Delbonis and Fucsovics have never met on the ATP Tour.

Dimitrov was appearing in the main draw after successfully navigating his first qualifying draw since the 2012 Rolex Paris Masters. The 2017 Nitto ATP Finals champion, who is searching for form after a right shoulder injury, had to take a wild card into qualifying after the three available main draw wild cards had already been allocated to Stan Wawrinka, Feliciano Lopez and Janko Tipsarevic.

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"This week there has been a lot of focus on different things for me. Not so much on the results. I am trying new things, different positions on the court, different varieties of play and just pushing myself to a different game plan. I must admit, the first set was really good," said Dimitrov.

"I was very, very happy with the way that I was able to execute and, for sure, in the second and third sets, I was clearly not doing the things the same as I was doing in the first set... For me, it is a positive, to be honest. This week has been great. I have been practising every single day and haven't had one day off. I can put a lot into the storage right now for Roland Garros and obviously get out there and try to have better results."

Damir Dzumhur saved six of seven break points en route to a 6-7(2), 6-4, 7-5 win against wild card Feliciano Lopez. The 27-year-old qualifier will meet second seed Stan Wawrinka in the second round.

Portugal’s Joao Sousa, the 2015 finalist, won 80 per cent of his first-service points (51/64) to beat Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-4 in two hours and 17 minutes. Sousa will next face Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas, who recorded his third clay-court victory against sixth seed Adrian Mannarino 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-2. Ramos-Vinolas served for the first set at 6-5, and later recovered from an 0-2 deficit in the deciding set.

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Zverev Holds Off Dellien To Reach Geneva SF

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Alexander Zverev is going for his first title of 2019 this week in Geneva. © Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open/A.Tommassett

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May 23, 2019

Albot, Jarry also advance to final four in Switzerland
Alexander Zverev entered the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open seeking more matches, and he'll have at least one more as the top-seeded Germany overcame a mid-match slump to beat Bolivian Hugo Dellien 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 to make the semi-finals in Switzerland.

"He's a great player... He started the year lower ranked, now he's already Top 100. I think he's going to finish the year much, much higher than he is now," Zverev said. "I struggled a little bit but still ended up finding a way to win, and that's most important for me right now."

Zverev fought well to avoid the fate of second seed Stan Wawrinka, who was upset on Wednesday evening by Bosnian Damir Dzumhur. The 21-year-old German trailed 0-3 in the first set and saved one set point at 3-5, with Dellien serving at 40/30.
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Zverev grabbed control of the deciding set by winning a seven-deuce game that included three break points to go up 2-1. The next game, Zverev broke the Bolivian.

"I played very aggressive in the important moments, very, very aggressive, also in break points down, I played very aggressive. This is finally something I was looking for in the last few weeks, months, and today I think I showed it," Zverev said.

The 2018 Nitto ATP Finals champion is seeking his first title of the season. He will next meet Argentine Federico Delbonis, who beat Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6(5), 7-5 to make his second tour-level semi-final this season (Cordoba).

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Fifth-seeded Moldovan Radu Albot recovered from 2-4 down in the second set to overcome qualifier Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-3, 7-5 on Thursday for a place in the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open semi-finals. In a career-best season, Albot has recorded 19 match wins and won his first ATP Tour title in February at the Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com (d. Evans).

Albot now plays Chile’s Nicolas Jarry, who advanced to his first ATP Tour semi-final since August 2018 at the Generali Open in Kitzbuhel (l. to Istomin). Jarry lost just four of his first-service points — and 10 in total — to beat Taro Daniel of Japan 6-1, 7-5 in 79 minutes.

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Zverev To Meet Jarry In Geneva Final

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German No. 1 defeats Delbonis in three sets

Alexander Zverev advanced to his second ATP Tour final of the season on Friday, beating Federico Delbonis 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-3 at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open.

"I am very happy with the win. I am very happy to be in the final and give myself an opportunity to win a tournament here," said Zverev.

The 10-time tour-level champion reached his 17th ATP Tour final after two hours and 38 minutes, firing 15 aces and winning 81 per cent of his first-serve points (51/63). Zverev is searching for his first trophy since triumphing at the Nitto ATP Finals in London last November (d. Djokovic). He finished runner-up to Nick Kyrgios earlier this season at Acapulco.

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"I made 15 aces so my serve was doing alright... [Delbonis] beat great players on this surface already, he has done well on this surface and I think winning against him is a good win," said Zverev.

Zverev is through to his first clay-court final on the ATP Tour since last year's Internazionali BNL d'Italia. The German No. 1 owns a 4-2 record in tour-level finals on clay, which includes ATP Masters 1000 titles in Rome (2017) and Madrid (2018).

The World No. 5, who also defeated Hugo Dellien in three sets to reach the semi-finals, will meet Nicolas Jarry in the championship match. In their only previous FedEx ATP Head2Head encounter, at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell last month, the Chilean saved one match point to stun Zverev 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(5) in the second round.

"In Barcelona, I wasn't playing well there," said Zverev. "I don't think it was a very high level match, to be honest... I think we are both playing better now and it is going to be completely different, I think."

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Jarry saved four of five break points en route to his second ATP Tour final, beating Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com champion Radu Albot 6-3, 6-4. The 23-year-old is aiming to lift his first tour-level trophy after falling to Fabio Fognini in his maiden championship match at the 2018 Brasil Open.

"I am very happy to be, once again, in a final, competing for a tournament [win]," said Jarry. "It is what we play for every week. It is an opportunity to give your best and to do better than the last week and to try to win the tournament.

"Normally you go away losing, because there is only one champion and I am happy to be playing for an opportunity to be the winner and be competing for a win."

Jarry has not dropped a set en route to the final in Geneva. Earlier this week, the 6'6" right-hander defeated seventh seed Matthew Ebden, Denis Kudla and Taro Daniel to reach the last four.

Marach/Pavic Save 1 MP To Reach Geneva Final
Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic were forced to save one match point en route to their second straight final in Geneva. The defending champions recovered from 2/6 and 9/10 down in the Match Tie-break to outlast Fabrice Martin and Andreas Mies 6-3, 3-6, 13-11.

The top seeds, aiming to lift their first trophy since triumphing at this event last year, will meet Ebden and Robert Lindstedt in the final. Marach and Pavic are aiming to become the first team to win back-to-back titles in Geneva since the tournament began in 1980.

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R1 wolna runda
R2 Ernests Gulbis 62 61
QF Hugo Dellien 75 36 63
SF Federico Delbonis 75 67(6) 63
W Nicolas Jarry 63 36 76(8)

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Zverev Saves 2 M.P. For Geneva Title

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Top seed defeats Jarry in Centre Court thriller
Alexander Zverev cemented his marathon man status on Saturday at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open. The top seed clinched his first ATP Tour title this season by winning his third consecutive three-setter, saving two match points against a determined Nicolas Jarry to prevail 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(8).

“It was a very tough match. He was playing aggressively, serving big and hitting everything he can," said Zverev. "I thought I was in control until the rain came, but I’m happy to find a way. I felt it could have gone either way.”

The German had struggled for form since finishing runner-up this March in Acapulco (l. to Kyrgios). Zverev arrived in Geneva with a 6-8 record in his previous eight tournaments, including an opening-round loss to Jarry last month at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, which saw him squander a match point. He now has 11 ATP Tour titles, all of which have come in less than three years.

"When I start playing good, I don't worry about titles. I know that I can be one of the best players in the world when I find my rhythm," said Zverev. "This week definitely helped with that."


Zverev also survived three-set battles this week against Bolivian Hugo Dellien and Argentine Federico Delbonis to reach the final, but the extra on-court time helped his game. He hit 41 aces this week, with 35 coming in his past three matches. Zverev led the tournament in first-serve return points won (38%, 100 of 263).

Jarry powered into the Geneva final without dropping a set. He went into Saturday’s final leading the tournament in second-serve points won (67%, 54 of 81), service games won (95%, 37 of 39) and break points saved (78%, 7 of 9). The 23-year-old still seeks his first ATP Tour title, having also finished runner-up last year in Sao Paulo (l. to Fognini).

“I don’t have the words to talk about it. I did my best, had some chances and fought until the last point. It didn’t go my way,” said Jarry. “I just have to keep on fighting and give myself the chance to compete for another title.”

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The match appeared to be firmly in Zverev’s hands at the beginning. He raced out to a 3-0 lead and comfortably took the opening set before rain halted proceedings with Zverev leading 6-3, 0-1.

Play resumed after 90 minutes and it was Jarry who came out of the gate first. A backhand error from Zverev gave the Chilean the lone break of the second set to lead 4-2, but a second rain delay took place right after Jarry held in the next game. After another lengthy suspension, Jarry maintained his advantage to send the match into a deciding set.

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Both players traded service holds to force a third-set tie-break. A pair of groundstroke errors from Jarry gave Zverev a 3/0 lead and the top seed rode that momentum to a 6/3 advantage. Jarry refused to budge, saving the first championship point with a stretch backhand volley winner. He followed it up with a forehand winner and forehand volley winner to even the score at 6/6.

A double fault from Zverev gave Jarry his first championship point at 7/6, but the Chilean hit a routine volley into the net. Another championship point came and went at 8/7 as Jarry misfired on a forehand. Zverev laced a difficult backhand passing shot winner at 8/8 to earn a fourth championship point and made good on his opportunity. As Jarry sent a forehand long and dropped to his knees, Zverev raised his arms in triumph as he wrapped up the win in two hours and 36 minutes.

Zverev picked up 250 ATP Ranking points and €90,390 for his week. Jarry earned 150 ATP Rankings points and €48,870.

Both players will now turn their attention to Roland Garros. Zverev, seeded fifth, start his campaign against Aussie John Millman, while Jarry faces a challenging opening test against eighth-seeded Argentine Juan Martin del Potro.

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Zverev Survives Aussie Millman In Paris

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German looking to return to the Roland Garros QF
Alexander Zverev spent more time on court than he would have liked on Tuesday to start his run at Roland Garros, considering he played three three-set matches last week in Geneva en route to the title in Switzerland.

But the 2018 quarter-finalist will take the outcome. Zverev, the fifth seed in Paris, battled past Aussie John Millman 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3 on Court Philippe-Chatrier in four hours and eight minutes, the longest match of the tournament thus far.

"Exactly how I expected it to be honest. I expected it to be a very long match. I expected it to be a very tough match. John is someone who plays unbelievable at Grand Slams, he always has. He's very very, very fit," Zverev told Tennis Channel. "I knew that it was going to be difficult and I'm just happy to be through."


After shaking hands with Millman at the net, Zverev knelt on the court, sharing a moment with himself.

"It's been a few not easy weeks, easy months for me, personally as well," Zverev said. "So I just reminded myself that I'm still one of the best tennis players in the world and just reminded myself a little bit that everything is good and [that I'm going] to get another opportunity to play here in the second round and just point out some positive things."

A year ago here, Zverev reached the last eight at a Grand Slam for the first time. But he needed five sets in the second through fourth rounds to do so. And Millman pushed him to the brink in the his opener this year.

It was not the first time Millman has challenged a star on a big stage, having defeated Roger Federer to reach last year's US Open quarter-finals. And the 29-year-old showed his fighting spirit again to battle from two sets down, attempting to reach the second round on the Parisian terre battue for the first times.

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The Aussie forced a fifth set after a tight fourth-set tie-break, when Zverev sliced a backhand into the net on the Aussie's third set point. Millman showed a willingness to stand on the baseline and trade groundstroke blows with the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals champion. But Zverev lost just four service points in the decider, breaking serve at 4-3 and holding to love to escape the test.

Zverev won his first tour-level title of the season on Saturday, beating Chilean Nicolas Jarry to win the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open, an ATP 250 event. The German was a late addition to the tournament as he was seeking more matchplay after reaching just one quarter-final at the three clay-court ATP Masters 1000 events.

"In Geneva I won a lot of tight matches that I lost this year on the clay, and I think Geneva helped me today, as well," Zverev said. "Obviously very different conditions out there. Very difficult to play today. But I think it's great that I came through and this is the most important."

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Last year, Zverev won his second clay-court Masters 1000 title at the Mutua Madrid Open. But Zverev hadn't reached a final on this surface until Saturday in Switzerland. The 21-year-old will next face Swede Mikael Ymer, who qualified and then, during his Grand Slam main draw debut, beat Slovakian qualifier Blaz Rola 6-0, 6-3, 7-6(5). Zverev needed two hours and 32 minutes to beat Ymer in Stockholm in 2015.

"It was a great match. Tough match. Obviously he's improved a lot. [He's] had a few, I think, very good matches here. Came through qualifying. He has great rhythm, great confidence," Zverev said. "It's going to be an interesting one. I know his brother better than him. I actually did a training block this year with his brother."

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The first seeded opponent Zverev could face is No. 30 seed Dusan Lajovic, who ousted Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in two hours and five minutes.

Lajovic, this year's Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters finalist, arrived in Paris having lost five of his previous six matches. But the Serbian saved six of the seven break points he faced and hit 29 winners to advance. Next for Lajovic will be French qualifier Elliot Benchetrit, who defeated Brit Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-0, 6-2 in one hour and 24 minutes.

"I found a clear tactic right from the start, which means I was able to remain rather calm throughout the match. Obviously the first game was rather stressful. It wasn't easy for me to play for the first round here in Roland Garros," Benchetrit said. "But the fact that I remained quiet and calm, it gave an impression of ease maybe from the outside, or serenity."

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Zverev's coach, Ivan Lendl, is not on-site at Roland Garros. But the former World No. 1 will rejoin his charge on the grass.

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For only the second time in 11 main draw matches at Roland Garros, Alexander Zverev recorded a straight sets triumph on Wednesday.

The fifth-seeded German will be relieved to have weathered a late comeback by Mikael Ymer of Sweden in a 6-1, 6-3, 7-6(3) victory in just under two hours for a place in the third round for a third straight year.

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