ATP Masters Paris-Bercy: semi-finals! Alexander Zverev rolled over Casper Ruud
Alexander Zverev has reached the semifinals of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris-Bercy in an impressive manner. The native of Hamburg didn't give Casper Ruud a chance and now meets Daniil Medvedev .
by SID
last edit: Nov 05, 2021, 11:33 pm
Olympic champion Alexander Zverev confidently reached the semifinals at the ATP Masters in Paris. The number four seeded Hamburg won a match at top level against the Norwegian Casper Ruud (No. 6) 7: 5, 6: 4. Zverev had already won the quarter-finals against Ruud at the Masters in Cincinnati at the end of August. In the semi-finals on Saturday, the 24-year-old will now face US Open winner Daniil Medvedev (Russia / No. 2), who beat Frenchman Hugo Gaston 7: 6 (9: 7), 6: 4.
The world number four Zverev and the four places below placed Ruud fought a close duel from the start. The German number one gradually increased during the first set, Zverev first secured the break to 6: 5 and then won his service game with ease.
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In the second set, Zverev then showed his best tennis, gave his tough opponent no real chance and used his first match point after 1:34 hours.
On Thursday, Dominik Koepfer was eliminated after two surprise victories against world number tenth Hubert Hurkacz and had lost the chance of the second Masters quarter-finals of his career. Koepfer had eliminated the three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray (Great Britain) after seven match points against himself and then the US Open semi-finalist Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) in the previous rounds.
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