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Zverev Had One Plan Against Murray, And It Worked

Mischa Zverev had a firm game plan on what he'd try to do against Andy Murray during their Australian Open fourth-round match on Sunday. The left-handed German would try to disrupt Murray's rhythm as much as possible, serving and volleying and slicing often against the top seed. If that didn't work, well, Zverev might have been in trouble. “There was no Plan B, really,” he said. “I can't stay on the baseline, a couple feet behind the baseline, try to out-rally him. He's very strong physically. He has a good baseline game. I knew I had to come in. That was my only chance to win.” Fortunately for Zverev, the plan worked. The 29 year old shocked the tennis world...

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Zverev Stuns Murray To Reach First Major QF

The fairytale run continued for Mischa Zverev as he produced a bold display of tennis on Sunday to shock top seed Andy Murray 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 in the fourth round of the Australian Open in Melbourne. It was an inspired serve-and-volley performance from Zverev, who had watched from the player box as his younger brother, Alexander Zverev, pushed Rafael Nadal to five sets on Saturday. With the win, Mischa Zverev moves into his first Grand Slam quarter-final. He now plays the winner between No. 17 seed Roger Federer and fifth seed Kei Nishikori. Zverev has never played Nishikori, but Federer leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry 2-0. [ALSO LIKE] Competing in the fourth round of a Grand Slam for...

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Zverev Stuns Murray To Reach First Major QF

The fairytale run continued for Mischa Zverev as he produced a bold display of tennis on Sunday, breaking top seed Andy Murray eight times to post a shocking 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 victory in the fourth round of the Australian Open in Melbourne. "It was definitely the best match of my life," said Zverev. "Not only because it was a best-of-five set match, it was at a slam. It was just incredible." It was an inspired serve-and-volley performance from Zverev, who had watched from the player box as his younger brother, Alexander Zverev, pushed Rafael Nadal to five sets on Saturday. With the win, Mischa Zverev moves into his first Grand Slam quarter-final. He now plays No. 17 seed Roger...

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