Before attending the Miami Open, Alexander Zverev was not in good form when they were eliminated early in Mexican Open and Indian Wells Masters. Therefore, the German tennis player put great determination in the second Masters 1000 in the United States. He also showed an impressive performance when reaching the quarterfinals.
Here, the opponent of Zverev is Casper Ruud – the player ranked 8th in the ATP rankings. Surprisingly, it happened in the US when the seed No. 2 of the tournament had to stop after 3 sets.
At the beginning of the match, the two players create a fairly balanced game when each person has a white win. However, Casper Ruud was the one who created a turning point when he excelled in winning the break in game 4. In the rest of the set, Zverev could not reclaim the break, thereby accepting to lose 3-6.
Set 2, the game was reversed. Specifically, Zverev had strongly rising and won the break 2 times, thereby winning 6-1 overwhelming in this set. In this set, Ruud seems to be affected by a toe injury. He had to rely on the help of the medical team at the break.
Set Set 3, Ruud entered the confidence again. He successfully broke Zverev's first serve game to lead 3-0. In the rest of the set, the No. 2 seed could not turn the flag, thereby accepting the racket with a defeat of 3-6.
In the end, ZvereV lost 1-2 before Ruud and officially stopped in the quarterfinals of Miami Open 2022. In it, Ruud won tickets to the semi -finals and will encounter Francisco Cerundolo – Argentinian. In the quarterfinals, Cerundolo was fortunate to win tickets when Jannik Sinner gave up due to injury.
