After a resounding victory in the second round, Alexander Zverev put the doubters to rest Saturday at the Australian Open. The German defeated 19-year-old American Alex Michelsen 6-2, 7-6(4) and 6-2 (one hour and 59 minutes) at a Rod Laver Arena that closed for the day after this match at midnight.
“I was one of them not long ago. We have Carlos Alcaraz who has won slams, Sinner, Rune… Tennis is in good hands. “When (Andre) Agassi and (Pete) Sampras retired, then Federer and Nadal came out, as well as Djokovic,” he explained when asked about the new generation that included Alex Michelsen.
“I’m a genius and I decided to invest five hours in the previous round. “My dad, who is my coach, told me to hit more ‘winners’ and make fewer mistakes than my rival, because people in the audience didn’t want to see me until that late ,” he said, laughing afterward. his fight is over. the last scheduled on the night shift.
The one from Hamburg became the second German tennis player behind Boris Becker to reach the fourth round of this tournament on five or more occasions.
He also established himself with 17 appearances as the second German tennis player with the highest number of appearances in the fourth round of a ‘major’ after surpassing his compatriot Tommy Haas, who had 16, on the list led by Boris Becker with 31 appearances.
His next rival is the British Cameron Norrieafter he finished off Norwegian Casper Ruud (11) 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-4 and 6-3.
“I won my last 13 fights against lefties. I will do everything to achieve number 14. Norrie had a great match against Ruud. “He’s in great shape,” he concluded of the Briton.
Source: La Verdad
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