The German Alexander Zverev expanded his aspirations in the Madrid Masters 1000 with a firm victory over Canadian Denis Shapovalov (6-4 and 7-5) to reach the round of 16 in which the Argentine will be measured Francisco Cerúndolo.
He Fourth seed, winner twice in the Caja Mágica and another finalist, took one hour and 45 minutes to defeat Shapovalovwhich I already knew won five times before in the eight matches played; among them, in this same scenario in 2018the first year that the German won.
Zverev stressed the high level of play that he usually reaches in Madrid. In the In the last two seasons he was only surpassed by Carlos Alcaraz, champion both times.
For the first time this season, the Hamburg tennis player won two in a row on land. After beating the Croatian Borna Coric, he met Shapovalov, whom he knocked down without a response.
Alexander Zverev It was enough with a break in the first set to take advantage on the scoreboard. He also got the second on track with one more break and served to win 5-4. He had match point but Shapovalov reacted, managed to snatch serve from his opponent for the first time in the match and equalize the set. However, the fourth player in the world won two games in a row and closed the set without needing to reach a tiebreaker.
Zverev will face the Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo in the round of 16, who He eliminated the American Tommy Paul 6-7(5), 6-4 and 6-2.
