Zverev Rounding Into Championship Form

He’s the youngest player remaining in the Abierto Mexicano Telcel presentado por HSBC draw, but he’s also the highest-ranked player. Now Alexander Zverev can add another adjective to his time in Acapulco: semi-finalist.

The 20-year-old German reached his first semi-final of the season on Thursday, cleaning up on serve to advance past Ryan Harrison of the U.S. 6-4, 6-1. The second-seeded Zverev saved all four break points faced, including three in the first set, and won nearly 70 per cent of his service points.

Zverev broke in the fifth game of the opener, but faced trouble not long after, falling behind 0/40 while serving 4-3. Zverev, however, reeled off five consecutive points, and served out the set two games later. He saw no such trouble in the second set.

Zverev, who won five ATP World Tour titles during his breakout 2017, including two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crowns, is still seeking his first title of 2018. Fans in Mexico will be treated to a blockbuster semi-final next as Zverev will meet either sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina or third seed Dominic Thiem of Austria. Del Potro leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head series 3-0, including his memorable comeback from two-sets-to-love down during the 2017 US Open.

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DID YOU KNOW?
Zverev is 1-5 combined against Del Potro (0-1) and Thiem (1-4) in their respective FedEx ATP Head2Head matchups.