After Carlos Alcaraz withdrew, Novak Djokovic was eliminated early, Alexander Zverev became the leading candidate for the Madrid Open 2025. However, he still caused great disappointment.
In the fourth round of Madrid Open men's singles recently, Zverev had Francisco Cerundolo – 21th in the world. This name is considered Zverev's 'engraved' when winning both encounters before. This time, the German player has not been able to decipher the opponent.
Entering set 1, the two players create a fairly balanced game. Zverev entered a better part when there was a chance to break Cerundolo's break in game 3, but did not take advantage of success. By the end of the set, the Argentine star accelerated and won the break right in the Decision 12 game, thereby winning the score of 7-5.
Set 2, everything becomes easier with Cerundolo. The world-class 21st player won the break early right in game 2. In the rest of the set, Zverev did not have any break-point. He accepted the racket after 90 minutes with a defeat of 3-6.
This result causes the No. 1 seed to stop right in the fourth round of this year's Madrid Open. Meanwhile, Cerundolo has a 7th time in his career to the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000. He will compete for the semi -finals with Jakub Menšík.
In other matches, Daniil Medvedev also wrote his name in the quarterfinals of Madrid Open. The Russian tennis player crosses the seed No. 31 Brandon Nakashima with a score of 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.
