The German Alexander Zverev, 26 years old and world No. 5, fast-tracked his access to the semifinals of the Miami Masters 1000 ATP. Surely with his serve, which he kept immaculate throughout the match, he eliminated the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, 24 years old and number 57, 6-3 and 7-5 in 1h.38′.
The German had a couple of problems, and he solved them without worrying. Two break balls against them, both resolved from a powerful serve without flinching. He also kept his nerves tied when, at 2-2 and serving in the second set, he was punished by the chair umpire with a warning for delaying time.
Sascha Zverev He flirted with fury, emphasizing that he was waiting for a gust of wind to pass, the other protagonist of the day. He protested later in the break between games, but without losing his way to the semi-finals.
He followed in the footsteps of the Russian Daniil Medvedev and the Italian Jannik Sinner, current champion and finalist, who will meet again this Friday at the Miami headquarters. It remains for the plenary session at 4, the four favorites, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, which will close the quarterfinal round this Thursday, early in the Spanish morning on Friday. From 00:00 hours, against the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov.
Zverev He has already asked for his revenge, although without the bees that mediated their duel a week ago in the Indian Wells quarterfinals, which Alcaraz defeated 6-3 and 6-1. A swarm invaded the field, suspending the clash until a specialist beekeeper put order with the insects.
His history is a continuous tug-of-war, since this same season it had been the German who had won, 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2) and 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
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Zverev opened the door to a tenth confrontation (dominated head to head 5-4) with Alcaraz, in the semifinals this Friday in Miami.
It will be the third semifinal of the campaign for the German, who was in this round at the Australian Open and in Los Cabos. His best result in Miami, the 2018 final.