Alexander Zverev is the favorite in the quarterfinals at the French Open. His opponent is one of the surprises of the tournament.
Actually, Alexander Zverev had speculated for his quarter-finals at the French Open with the fourth use of floodlights in a row. The Olympic tennis champion will meet Tomás Martin Etcheverry in the afternoon and will be the favorite in the duel with the unseeded Argentinian.
“Hopefully there’s more to come,” said the 26-year-old, full of anticipation. “Now I’m here, I don’t want to leave here anymore.” The most important things about the game at a glance:
Experience
For Zverev, it is the third semi-final appearance at the French Open in a row and the sixth in a Grand Slam. The Tokyo gold medalist is still waiting to triumph at one of the four major tournaments. Etcheverry, 23, has only made it into the main draw at Roland Garros for the second time. Most recently, he drew attention to himself at the Masters tournament in Rome when he was able to keep up with Novak Djokovic in a set.
Number
0 – Surprise quarter-finalists Etcheverry have not dropped a set in their four games so far in this tournament. Also because first-round opponent Jack Draper gave up early, he was able to save energy and was on the pitch with 535 minutes, more than an hour and a half less than Zverev (639 minutes).
Citation
“He has the ability to win everything, it’s just a matter of time.” (Ex-coach Sergi Bruguera about Zverev)
The other quarterfinals
Last year there was the Scandinavian duel between the Norwegian Casper Ruud and Holger Rune from Denmark in the round of the top eight. Ruud, who was four years his senior, won in four sets – after the game there was a lot of tension between them, including accusations of bad behavior on both sides.
“There was drama last year and I hope we can make it less dramatic this year,” said Rune before the game, which is scheduled for the evening after Zverev’s quarterfinals. Ruud is “a good player, I respect him, there is no problem.”
And otherwise?
In the women’s final, defending champion Iga Swiatek meets American Cori Gauff, just like in last year’s final. At that time, the Pole clearly won 6: 1, 6: 3 – and this time the 22-year-old is clearly the favourite. In four matches in this tournament, Swiatek has only lost nine games so far. Ons Jabeur from Tunisia and Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia will play in the first quarterfinals of the day.
Source: Stern
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