Olympic tennis champion Alexander Zverev made it to the semi-finals at the ATP Masters in Miami with an overall convincing performance.
The fourth-seeded Hamburger won in the quarterfinals against the stubborn Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 6:3, 7:5 and is now in the last four in Florida for the second time in his career. “Fabian always challenges strong opponents, he’s an incredible player. That’s why I’m happy with how it went.”said Zverev, “I’m looking forward to the challenge ahead.”
Now against Alcaraz or Dimitrov
The next opponent of the fifth in the world rankings is either the top seeded Wimbledon winner Carlos Alcaraz, who recently overcame Zverev 6:3, 6:1 in the quarter-finals in Indian Wells, or the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrow (No. 11).
The second semi-final will be contested by Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner (Italy/No. 2) and Daniil Medvedev (No. 4).
Already very strong in the first sentence
Against the world number 57. Marozsan, who was in the quarterfinals of a 1000 tournament for the second time after Shanghai 2023, Zverev had the game firmly under control in the first set. The 26-year-old only allowed one break ball without any consequences, and he himself took the serve from Maroszan twice.
In the second set, things didn’t go quite so smoothly for the German; Zverev argued loudly at times. Marozsan played courageously and served strongly. But Zverev was there at the crucial moment and made it to the semi-finals with the only break of the set after 1:37 hours.
Zverev reached the final in Miami in 2018, but narrowly lost to the US giant John Isner. In 2023, the top German player failed at his opening hurdle.
Sinner and Medvedev also continue
Previously, it was two months after his triumph at the Australian Open South Tyrolean Jannik Sinner also stormed into the semi-finals. With the confident 6:4, 6:2 in the quarter-finals against the Czech Tomas Machac on Wednesday (March 27, 2024 / local time), Sinner was the first player to book his ticket for the round of the best four.
There the Italian will meet last year’s winner Daniil Medvedev. The world number four from Russia defeated the Chilean Nicolas Jarry 6:2, 7:6 (9:7) and can continue from his first title defense on the ATP Tour dream. Medvedev eliminated Dominik Koepfer in the round of 16.
Only one defeat for Sinner in 2024
The 22-year-old Sinner had after his first Grand Slam-Victory in Melbourne He also won the ATP tournament in Rotterdam at the end of January. In the first part of the Sunshine Doublesdem Masters in Indian Wells, the world number three failed in the semifinals against eventual winner Carlos Alcaraz – Sinner’s only defeat so far in 2024.