Alexander Zverev’s start to 2018 was not what you may have expected after a breakout 2017, which saw him win five ATP World Tour titles. Three of the German’s first four losses came against opposition outside the Top 50 of the ATP Rankings. But ever since, the 21-year-old has been on a tear. Zverev continued his run of excellent form on Saturday by defeating #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-1 for his eighth consecutive victory, advancing to the Mutua Madrid Open final. "It was great. It was a great match," Zverev said. "Obviously it's not easy to play Denis. Great player. Great talent. Hopefully he'll still improve and there are a lot more matches like this in the future." It...
Alexander Zverev stretched two impressive streaks on Friday at the Mutua Madrid Open, but let's start with the most important one: The 21-year-old German won his seventh consecutive match, beating American John Isner 6-4, 7-5 to reach his third ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final of the season (Miami, Monte-Carlo). [ALSO LIKE] Zverev exacted revenge on Isner, who had won their last FedEx ATP Head2Head matchup in the Miami Open presented by Itau final, Isner's maiden Masters 1000 title. But the 6'6” German was nearly flawless as the two finished a busy day on Caja Magica. “Yeah I returned much better to start with, which is very important against John,” Zverev said. “I found I was very happy with how...
Alexander Zverev discusses winning his seventh straight match to beat John Isner in the Mutua Madrid Open quarter-finals. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Alexander Zverev looks to extend his win streak to eight on clay when he meets #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the Mutua Madrid Open semi-final on Saturday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Alexander Zverev showed no signs of fatigue on Thursday in a business-like performance to reach the Mutua Madrid Open quarter-finals for the second consecutive year. Second seed Zverev out-hit and overpowered Leonardo Mayer of Argentina 6-4, 6-1 in 70 minutes. [ALSO LIKE] The German, who has now won nine of his past 10 matches, arrived in the Spanish capital on the back of lifting his seventh ATP World Tour title at the BMW Open by FWU (d. Kohlschreiber). He completed his opening win at the Caja Magica against Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy at 12:15 a.m. local time on Thursday. Zverev set up a Friday encounter against seventh-seeded American John Isner, who hit 32 aces to beat Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay...
