In the second round of Rome Masters 2025, Alexander Zverev had Ugo Carabelli. Before the first opponent in the main round, Zverev showed a superior level. He entered the confident, constantly overwhelming with powerful serve.
Entering Set 1, Zverev won the break early right in the first game. After Carabelli reclaimed the serve to equalize 2-2, the defending champion retained calm. In the rest of the set, he had 2 more breaks to close the set with a 6-2 victory.
Set Set 2, everything became more and more easy for Zverev when Carabelli could not improve the gameplay. Accordingly, the Argentine player only protects a single serve game, and does not have any break-point. He lost 3 breaks and accepted the racket with a 1-6 defeat.
In the end, Zverev defeated Carabelli with a score of 6-1, 6-1 after only 66 minutes. In the third round, the defending champion will face Vilius Gaubas, Lithuanian player currently ranked 154 in the world. Gaubas is a phenomenon in Rome after passing the qualifying round and shocked when he defeated Denis Shapovalov in the second round.
Notably, Zverev has just created a memorable milestone. This is his 7th consecutive victory in the Rome Masters arena, where he is the reigning champion. In addition, the German tennis player also reached 64 victory at Masters 1000 tournaments on the clay field, with Stanislas Wawrinka. This is the second highest number in the list of players playing, with the leader of Novak Djokovic (137).
