Alexander Zverev confidently defeated outsider Nuno Borges on the ATP Masters in Rome and reached the quarter-finals. The Olympic tennis champion beat the unseeded Portuguese 6:2, 7:5 in 87 minutes. The Hamburger’s subsequent opponent is the American Taylor Fritz (quantity eleven).
Zverev, who continues to be with out dropping a set on the clay courtroom event in Italy, began the match with a break, however gave up his service somewhat later to make it 2-2. However, as the primary set progressed, Borges, who was in a Masters spherical of 16 for the primary time, now not gained a recreation. The choice within the a lot nearer second set got here when the 27-year-old Zverev took the serve from his opponent of the identical age for a 6:5 lead.
On the way in which to reaching the semi-finals in Rome for the primary time since 2022, Zverev, who’s in third place, now has a way more tough process forward of him. Fritz, quantity eight on this planet rankings, beat eighth-seeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6:2, 6:7 (11:13), 6:1 within the spherical of 16.
World quantity 5 Zverev, the final remaining German within the subject, gained the Masters within the Italian capital in 2017. In 2018 he was within the last. Rome is utilized by tennis professionals to arrange for the French Open in Paris, which begins on May twentieth. Zverev’s final event victory was final September.