Alexander Zverev, Arthur, France, upset Alexander Zverev with an exceptional exhibition earned him an victory of 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 against the German in the fourth round of the Miami Open on Wednesday. The 20-year-old French will face Jakub Mensik, 19, in the quarter-final, the two players pursuing their first Masters 1000 in the semi-finals. Ralling themselves from a whole, the sons showed a great determination to retaliate and to go up 4-1 in the second set. Zverev replied to take a 3-1 advance at the start of the third, but again, the sons refused to let the match slip from his reach. The sons, using his athletics and his powerful forehand, broke at 3-2, then when Zverev went to a return for a long time.
Zverev was held when he was used to stay in the match at 5-4, but the sons kept his composure to serve for one of the biggest victories in his career.
The victory was all the more impressive since the sons later revealed that it suffered from back pain.
“I did not feel well in the gatherings. I had a little problem behind my back since I was young, so sometimes it hurts me a little,” said son.
“I had to find a rhythm, [be] More aggressive and enter the field to play my game and not let him play, because when you let him play, he is one of the best tennis players in the world. I’m really happy with how I did it, “he added.
The fourth round competition was postponed to Wednesday after the rain forced a change in the calendar.
The sons had also reached the quarterfinals of Indian Wells at the beginning of the month and he became the first French to make the last eight in the two legs of the “Double Sunshine” from Gael Monfils in 2016.
In the opening quarterfinals, Grigor Dimitrov Bulgarian fought a set to beat Argentina Francisco Cerundolo 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) in a riveted duel.
After Cerundolo was ahead of the first, Dimitrov, 33, found his rhythm and was relentless to force Cerundolo to work on the basic line for each point.
Cerundolo was 6-5 in the third set and had a match point, but Dimitrov showed his grain again and was able to hold and force the competition to an equality break.
Dimitrov ran to an advance of 3-0 and never watched in danger when he missed the winner to reserve his place in the semi-finals where he will face the winner of the subsequent match on Wednesday between Novak Djokovic and the American Sebastian Korda.
An exhausted Dimitrov needed medical care at the end of the match, jumping on the maintenance on the field.
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