Zverev meets in the quarterfinals with a great revelation of the tournament

Alexander Zvereva semifinalist the past two years, took another step forward to repeat those performances in the Roland Garros after defeating the Bulgarian in the round of 16 Grigor Dimitrov by 6-1, 6-4 and 6-3.

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Win in three sets against Dimitrov and is in the quarterfinals #Roland Garros

He will face Argentine Tomás Etcheverry 🇦🇷#RGEurosport pic.twitter.com/9U1wwEX5r3

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The German lost in the 2021 semifinals against the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas and he lived through the most painful experience of his career in the same round of 2022, when he had to retire against Rafael Nadal after suffering a serious ankle injury on the track that kept him out for six months.

The 26-year-old Zverev is slowly returning to his former level, and while his tennis is more suited to hard courts, he is also very good on clay, winning six of his 19 ATP titles on top of that. , along with three Masters 1,000two of Madrid (2018, 2021) and another in Rome (2017).

With his victory over Dimitrov, Zverev reached the quarterfinals of Roland Garros for the fifth time in the past six years, another sign of his determination to rise to the top. Paris. His final hurdle to reach his third consecutive semifinal was the main revelation of the tournament, Thomas Martin Etcheverrythe only unseeded player to enter the top eight in the draw after defeating the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka by 7-6 (8), 6-0 and 6-1.

The Argentine, 23 years old and world number 49, exits Roland Garros with one win in six Grand Slam matches, but in Paris he already has four wins with the added value that he has yet to drop by a set against Jack Draper (55º), Alex De Minaur (19th), Borna Coric (16th) and the aforementioned Nishioka (33rd).

“I can’t believe it, it’s the happiest moment of my life,” Etcheverry exclaimed on the track after reaching the quarterfinals and bringing joy to the Argentines, who had suffered the disappointment of a five-set loss moments before. Francisco Cerundolo danish is new Holger Rune.

Etcheverry has already achieved some interesting results this season, such as reaching his first two ATP finals in Santiago de Chile and Houstonwhere he fell before Nicholas Jarry and Frances Tiafoerespectively.