US OPEN, New York (USA) Men’s Semifinal: [5] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs. [20] Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) Was it a case of Pablo Carreno Busta getting tight, or Alexander Zverev deciding at 0-2 down, he had nothing to lose? Perhaps it was none of the above, a combination of the above, or was injury the…
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US OPEN, New York (USA) [5] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs. [32] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) In their two previous matches, Mannarino had never taken a set from the German. Today he changed that statistic by winning the first set in a tiebreaker; yet he could not keep the momentum going. DRAMA FROM THE BEGINNING They were…
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Rolex Shanghai Masters, China [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. [7] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) They were tied at one apiece coming into this match. Djokovic has been looking unstoppable as usual and Tsitsipas has been struggling to find his top form. If the Greek player wanted to beat the number one ranked player on the ATP…
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Hamburg European Open, Germany [5] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs. [67] Federico Delbonis (ARG) There is no question that Zverev has been struggling to find his confidence lately; he admitted as much. Yet, there is also no question in my mind that he will regain his confidence. The same way losing breeds losing and erodes the…
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Mercedes Cup, Germany [5] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs. [170] Dustin Brown (GER) In their first meeting in a main draw, Brown did what he has done before to higher ranked opponents, he stunned the number one seed. Despite winning their only previous encounter in 2014, Zverev was no match today for the talented German. BROWN…
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Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open, Switzerland Men’s Quarterfinal: [5] Alexander Zverev (GER) vs. [92] Hugo Dellien (BOL) There were eleven break point opportunities in total in the first set. Dellien got the first break to rattle his opponent; however, Zverev is still a fighter despite his recent results. While the German may be low on…
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