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Sinner, Alcaraz lead the field
September 24, 2024
Alexander Zverev owns a 57-18 record this season.
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Alexander Zverev owns a 57-18 record this season.
By ATP Staff
Alexander Zverev has withdrawn from the China Open.

The German reached the semi-finals at the ATP 500 a year ago before losing to Daniil Medvedev.

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Zverev leads the ATP Tour this season with 57 wins (57-18) according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. He won a title at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Rome and reached the final at Roland Garros and Hamburg.

The China Open draw will be made later Tuesday. Leading the field will be the No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Medvedev. Sinner defeated Medvedev in last year's final.

Wrapping up the star-studded lineup on Stadium Court on Saturday, Alexander Zverev got his 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters campaign off to a successful start.

The German registered a comfortable 6-4, 6-2 win over Italian qualifier Mattia Bellucci in the pair’s first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting to advance to the third round.

After withdrawing from the China Open last week, the 27-year-old notched his first victory in Shanghai since 2019 in one hour and 36 minutes.

Last year, he lost to Roman Safiullin in straight sets in his opening match.

The No. 3 player in the PIF ATP Rankings will face either Jordan Thompson or Tallon Griekspoor in the third round.

Second seed to face Goffin next
October 08, 2024
Highlights: Zverev converts eighth match point vs. Grieksopor in thrilling Shanghai 2024 clash
Watch Alexander Zverev clinch his eighth match point to overcome Tallon Griekspoor at the 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters. Watch live & on demand at TennisTV.com.

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Alexander Zverev is into the fourth round of a ninth consecutive ATP Masters 1000.
By ATP Staff
Alexander Zverev survived a scare on Tuesday against Tallon Griekspoor in the third round of the Rolex Shanghai Masters, requiring eight match points to book his ticket to the last 16.

With the triumph, Zverev is into the fourth round of a ninth consecutive ATP Masters 1000, still alive in his quest for a second title in 2024. The World No. 3 regrouped from an out-of-sorts second set to prevail 7-6(6), 2-6, 7-6(5) and extend his lead in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series to 5-1.

“It was a tough match, going back and forth. I thought he was a bit lucky during the third set and I got very lucky in the tie-break, so we equalled each other out,” said Zverev, who is making his sixth appearance in Shanghai.

“It was an incredible match, he is someone that I always struggle against. We always have extremely tough matches and, for me, he should be a lot higher ranked than he is. He needs to look at why he is not playing like that every single week. He could be Top 15, Top 10 in the world.”


Zverev, who improved to 59-18 on the season, trails only Jannik Sinner in match wins. The German will next face David Goffin.

The Belgian is into the fourth round of an ATP Masters 1000 for the first time since the 2022 Madrid Open after rallying from a set deficit to overcome American Marcos Giron 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in a gripping encounter.

Zverev, who reached the Shanghai final in 2019, is bidding to win a fifth different ATP Masters 1000 title after triumphs in Rome (2017, 2024), Madrid (2018, 2021), Cincinnati (2021), and Canada (2017). He is also a two-time Nitto ATP Finals champion and has booked his spot for a seventh appearance this year in Turin.

Zverev's resilience came to the fore in the dying embers of the opening set when he converted his second set point to swing the match in his favour. The 27-year-old, however, failed to capitalise on the momentum in an error-strewn set.

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Girekspoor, No. 40 in the PIF ATP Rankings, only hit two unforced errors in set two en route to levelling the match at one set apiece.

The Dutchman fended off eight break points - four of which were match points in the 12th game - in the deciding set to force a tie-break. It appeared as if the match was turning, but Zverev stormed to a 6/2 lead, producing four further opportunities to close out the clash.

After some gutsy tennis from Griekspoor to reduce the deficit to just one point, the Dutchman's hard work was eventually undone by a routine forehand volley that sailed into the net, handing Zverev, who remains alive in his quest to reach the fourth round of all ATP Masters 1000s in 2024, victory on his eighth attempt.