Alexander Zverev won a battle of German giants on Thursday for a place in his first Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters quarter-final. In a match of power tennis that featured 15 service breaks, 6’6” Zverev overcame his 6’5” compatriot, Jan-Lennard Struff, in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over two hours and three minutes. “I think I was hitting the ball pretty well, but we couldn’t hold onto our serves,” said Zverev post-match. On Friday, his 21st birthday, Zverev will play 2005 semi-finalist Richard Gasquet, who today became the first Frenchman in the Open Era to record 500 tour-level match wins. “To be in the quarter-finals of an [ATP World Tour] Masters 1000, you have to play well and the draw doesn’t get...
Alexander Zverev reacts to his up-and-down victory against German compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff on Thursday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Watch highlights as Rafael Nadal powers past Karen Khachanov, 6-3, 6-2 to move into the quarter-finals at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Dominic Thiem, Alexander Zverev and Grigor Dimitrov also managed their way into the quarter-finals. Photo Credit: Realis/Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Alexander Zverev closed out 10 hours of play on Tuesday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters with around 200 fans clustered around Court Rainier III wrapped in warm jackets or with towels and rugs over their legs. Under the floodlights, well after the day-high temperature of 22°C had plummeted, Zverev found his rhythm towards the end of the second set in a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 second-round victory over Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller that ended at 8:46 p.m. local time. All four matches scheduled on the Monte-Carlo Country Club’s main show court, beginning at 11 a.m., went to three sets on Tuesday, including victories for Dominic Thiem (saved 1 M.P. vs. Rublev), Grigor Dimitrov (d. Herbert) and Mischa Zverev (d. Pouille). Concentration lapses...
Alexander Zverev has posted some of his best results on clay courts. He reached his first tour-level final on the red clay of Nice two years ago, and just last year claimed two titles – including his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown in Rome – on the surface. But don’t dare call him a clay-court specialist. Coming into the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters at the magnificent Monte-Carlo Country Club, Zverev has had little time to adjust to the change in courts. Having gotten his 2018 season back on track by reaching the final on the hard courts of the Miami Open presented by Itau, the German had to make a quick transition to clay for the Davis Cup tie...
