‘The process started at the Olympics for me,’ Alexander Zverev serves his way into the third round of the 2021 US Open, beats Ramos-Vinolas
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World No.4 Alexander Zverev marches into the third round of the US Open with a dominating victory over Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas on Arthur Ashe stadium. The German showcased an incredible serve masterclass to dismiss Ramos Vinolas in straight sets 6-1,6-0,6-3. With this win, Zverev extends his winning streak to 13. He is coming off a Gold medal finish in the Tokyo Olympics and a title victory at Cincinnati.
Due to his current form, he is one of the strongest contenders to challenge Novak Djokovic for the title in New York. And he played an almost flawless game against Ramos Vinolas to prove his point. He was aggressive right from the beginning and was blasting first serves in the box. His return game was better than the first round as he soon took a double break’s lead to win the first set 6-1.
The second set was even more dominant from Zverev’s side than the first. He displayed a serve masterclass and dominated the Ramos-Vinolas’ serve as he bageled him. The Spaniard showed some resistance on serve in the third set but that wasn’t enough as Zverev won it comfortably 6-3.
After his dominant victory, Zverev emphasized the importance of serve in his game in the on-court interview. “My serve is kind of the key to my game,” he said.
“When it’s working I’m playing great. When it’s not, I’m losing matches like I did at Wimbledon… It’s no secret that my serve is probably the most important shot in my game, and I’m happy with how it’s working… The matches are not going to get easier and I will need that to be my weapon. I think it was always a problem of mine in the beginning of my career that I always spent a lot of hours, a lot of time in the beginning of Grand Slam tournaments. So it’s nice to have kind of two matches… winning [them] in straight sets.”
‘I was the first man in 785 years to lose a US Open from two sets to love up’: Alexander Zverev
Zverev has been in amazing form off late and revealed that it all started at the Olympics when he beat Novak Djokovic. “The process started at the Olympics for me, and the match against Novak. That kind of started it off, because I was down badly, and I managed to win with great tennis,” he said.
“It was very important for me to kind of back it up in Cincinnati, because a lot of the times players that for the first time in their career win something really big like a Grand Slam title or a gold medal, they do tend to go downhill a little bit. So it was important for me to go to Cincinnati, to a place where I have never won a match before this year, and have a great tournament.”
The German fourth seed is the 2020 US Open runner-up and was only a set away from winning his maiden slam at New York last year. He revealed that how painful that loss was and how the loss has only made him a better player.
“I mean I was the first man in 785 years to lose a US Open from two sets to love up and being a break up in the third set, serving for it in the fifth set, being two points away multiple times, it was painful,” Zverev said.
“I still remember it, I remember it every single time I walk on this board but I take it as motivation because I’m back here to hopefully play a great tournament and win a grand slam title, that’s what I’m here to do.”
The in form German will now be up against American Jack Sock in the third round on Saturday.
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