By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, October 31, 2024
Picture credit score: Matthew Calvis
Alexander Zverev performed demolition man in Paris right now.
Zverev smashed 16 aces warding off gifted Frenchman Arthur Fils 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to his thirty first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal.
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The 6’6″ Zverev is second on the ATP in aces trailing solely Hubert Hurkacz and is third on Tour in service video games held in 2024 behind solely world No. 1 Jannik Sinner and former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini.
The 20-year-old Fils cites three the reason why Zverev’s serve is so devastating: top, heaviness and havoc it creates even once you get a racquet on the ball.
Fils mentioned Zverev’s top creates a unique trajectory that is powerful to trace and his serves heaviness makes it exhausting to regulate returns.
“He is very tall, so it comes from very excessive,” Fils mentioned of Zverev. “It comes very strongly. So that you attempt to anticipate slightly bit, to know what he is doing, however clearly indoors it is completely different than being on clay.
“Should you’re not on the monitor of the ball, you may’t return it. Should you’re on it, it is troublesome to regulate. So that is what makes him top-of-the-line servers. That is the best way I see him.”
