Regardless of an in a single day break in play, Alexander Zverev expertly retained his focus to finish a third-round victory towards J.J. Wolf on Tuesday on the Internazionali BNL d’Italia.
Together with his 6-4, 7-5 victory, the Nineteenth-seeded German set a blockbuster fourth-round conflict towards Daniil Medvedev. The pair’s fifteenth tour-level assembly will happen afterward Tuesday at Rome’s Foro Italico.
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Zverev had led Wolf 6-4, 3-3 when rain interrupted their maiden tour-level assembly on Monday night. Upon resumption, neither participant cast any break level alternatives till Zverev broke the American to like within the eleventh recreation, and the 26-year-old held agency behind serve to wrap a one-hour, 49-minute triumph.
Zverev supplied just one break level within the match towards the World No. 54 Wolf, and the 2017 Rome champion will hope for a repeat serving efficiency as he bids for his first tour-level victory towards Medvedev since 2021. The third seed leads Zverev 8-6 of their ATP Head2Head rivalry, together with fourth-round ATP Masters 1000 victories in Indian Wells and Monte-Carlo already this 12 months.
Rivalries: Medvedev vs. Zverev
Stefanos Tsitsipas joined Zverev within the fourth spherical by finishing a 6-3, 7-6(3) triumph towards Lorenzo Sonego.
The fifth-seeded Greek and residential favorite Sonego had been compelled off court docket by the rain after the primary set on Monday night. Once they returned on Tuesday, the pair performed out a tense second set stuffed with prolonged baseline exchanges and no breaks of serve, though Tsitsipas was compelled to avoid wasting a set level when serving at 4-5 and once more at 5-6.
It was 2022 finalist Tsitsipas who saved his cool within the tie-break to advance nonetheless, as he reeled off 5 factors in a row from 2/3 to clinch a two-hour, seven-minute triumph.
Tsitsipas must beat a second Italian within the area of a day on the Foro Italico if he desires to advance to the quarter-finals. The 24-year-old’s fourth spherical opponent will likely be Lorenzo Musetti, who consolidated his in a single day 3-2 lead within the deciding set towards Frances Tiafoe to seal a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 third-round win in Rome.
