The Australian Jordan Thompsoneighth seed, shocked the German Alexander Zverev first favorite, by winning 7-5, 4-6 and 7-6 (2) to meet the final of the Los Cabos Open including Norwegian Casper Ruudwhich had previously removed the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas.
In the semifinals of the tournament, which will be held in the Mexican resort, Thompson dispatched Zverev a match that lasted three hours and 42 minutes and that went to a ‘tie brake’ in the final set.
Thompson won 7-5 in an even first setby breaking Zverev’s serve in the fourth, sixth and twelfth games, barely winning 44 percent of his first-serve points.
In the second sleeve, The German regained her best tennis to win 6-4 to the Australian, who fell victim to four unforced errors and didn’t come close to breaking his rival’s serve.
In the last set, Thompson missed five match points in the twelfth game, which produced a ‘tie brake’, with the Australian returning to the match to deny the German a chance, breaking his serve four times to win 7-6 (2).
before, Stefanos Tsitsipaswho is he open champion and second favoritethe crown is vacant who was eliminated in two sets by Casper Ruudwho won 6-4 and 7-6 (4), in a match that lasted one hour and 51 minutes.
In the first set, Ruud, the fourth seed, wins 100 percent of his points on the first serve and broke his rival’s serve in the seventh game to take the opening round 6-4.
The match was more tightly contested in the second roll, as both held serve until the tie break, with the Greek barely winning a game and failing to save her serve twice.
With Tsitsipas, the champions of Los Cabos They are the Croatian Ivo Karlovic in 2016, the American Sam Querrey (2017), the Italian Fabio Fognini (2018), the Argentine Diego Schwartzman (2019), the British Cameron Norrie (2021) and the Russian Daniil Medvedev (2022).
The final of the tournament, which takes place on a hard court and offers a purse of more than a million dollars, will be held this Saturday.
Source: La Verdad
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