Alexander Zverev reaches the 17th semifinal of his career in a Masters 1000, the second in Miami after the one played in 2018. With a break in the last game of the first set and another in the final game of the second, he defeated Fabian Marozsan 64 75 and completed the 24th victory in the last 26 matches played against opponents outside the Top 50. Marozsan, the real surprise of the tournament who eliminated Holher Rune and Alex de Minaur, will still be the fourth Hungarian in the Top 50 from Monday: according to real-time ranking projections ATP will be number 38 in the world.
The match is not of high quality, but playing with a hot, strong wind that blows in gusts is certainly not easy. Then in front there are two players more at ease with geometric power than with subtle refinement. Zverev played the important points better, and asserted his superiority on serve: he lost only nine points when he fielded the first serve and obtained 12 more in rallies that lasted less than five shots.
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2018 runner-up @AlexZverev edges Fabian Marozsan 6-3 7-5 to reach his second semi-final at #MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/cEc4Ol4vMx
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Zverev takes the initiative more easily, the Hungarian goes closer to his limit to keep up with him, but manages to win only seven points in return in the set and commits the first double fault of the match right on set point.
Superior in short rallies to medium-length rallies (which lasted less than nine shots) throughout the first set, in the second Zverev found himself facing tougher competition. Marozsan serves and hits better, in the fifth game he also earns a break point with one of the most spectacular points of his match. The German clears it in his own way, first powerful and the fear passes, but then he lets himself be carried away by emotions and frustration because the referee warns him for having wasted too much time before restarting the game. “I was waiting for the wind to pass, what was I supposed to do?” he snaps.
The German remains annoyed with the referee even during the rest of the match, but still maintains the necessary coolness to place two excellent responses, close the match and celebrate the semi-final.
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