Zverev continues to shine and takes an ATP record from Rafa Nadal

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It has taken Alexander Zverev so long to find this state of grace that he doesn't want to stop now. The German, the new champion of Roland Garros, is already in the quarter-finals of the Halle tournament, where he wants to continue his own celebration.

He has now won nine consecutive matches for the tennis player from Hamburg, who reached the sky a week and a half ago in Paris, securing his first Grand Slam title. How would this great success affect his sporting appetite? Well, for now, it seems to be in a very positive way. At the ATP 500 in Halle, an event he had never been able to win, he has already defeated Vit Kopriva (6-3, 4-6, 6-2) and Yannick Hanfmann (6-3, 7-6) to advance to the last eight. Pay special attention to the match he won this afternoon against his fellow German.

"I think we both played a very good match on grass. We both served extremely well, so I had no choice but to take advantage of every opportunity I had, not that I had many, but the few that came my way, I handled extremely well. At the end of the day, I think I only had two break points and I converted one of them to win the match in a tiebreak. That's tennis, sometimes matches are like that when you play on a grass court, so I am happy with the victory and my performance," Sascha assessed in an interview with TennisTV.

“I still don't feel as comfortable on this surface to serve and volley, as I have been training on grass for very few days. So, it's all part of a process,” Zverev added about breaking his pattern and adapting it to grass. “For me, the most important shot when we play on this surface is the return, much more than the serve. You really need to be fully concentrated to return properly because on grass, everything is much tighter, both the serve and the return have to be made close to the line, whereas on clay, you can stay a bit further back. It's a change, so I hope to be ready, for now, I am satisfied with these first two matches,” commented the current World No. 2.

Zverev snatches the 'crown' from Nadal in ATP 500

With his seventh quarter-final in Halle secured, a next match against Raphael Collignon, one of the great revelations of recent months, looms on the horizon. However, the news at this hour revolves around the statistics and the 122 victories that Alexander Zverev has accumulated in ATP 500 tournaments, placing him at the top of this table. For a long time, Rafa Nadal held that position with 121 wins until the German snatched the lead from him.

However, if we look at what really matters, the titles, we can confirm that these 122 victories have not yet turned into trophies. Roger Federer leads the way with 24 titles, followed by Rafa Nadal with 23, and in third place, Novak Djokovic with 15. Zverev would not even appear among the top ten in that regard, as he has only won six ATP 500 tournaments so far.

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