#NextGenATP Zverev Saves Match Points In Miami

#NextGenATP star Alexander Zverev saved three match points and came back from a set down to beat American John Isner 6-7(5), 7-6(6), 7-6(5) on Monday at the Miami Open presented by Itau. The win pushes Zverev through to the fourth round of an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament for the second time. He also reached the round of 16 last year in Indian Wells (l. to Nadal).

On Stadium Court against Isner, the 19-year-old German was down match points at 5/6 in the second-set tie-break and 4-5, 15/40 in the third set. But the 6’6” right-hander erased them all, and on his first match point, Isner sailed a backhand long. Zverev raised his arms to the sky in celebration after the two-hour and 38-minute contest.

Zverev will face top seed Stan Wawrinka, who beat Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri 6-3, 6-4. Zverev beat Wawrinka during their only other FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting, the St. Petersburg Open final last year.

Nick Kyrgios, another top young player on the ATP World Tour, also advanced after a three-set battle against a big-serving veteran. The 21-year-old Aussie outlasted 6’11” Ivo Karlovic 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-6(2) in two hours and 26 minutes.

Kyrgios failed to convert all seven break chances in the second set, but the 12^th seed stayed the course in the decider and came through to reach the fourth round. Kyrgios will next meet eighth seed David Goffin, who beat Argentine Diego Schwartzman 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in two hours and 32 minutes.

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