World number five, German Alexander Zverev qualified, this Thursday, for the semifinals of the Masters 1000 in Miami, Florida, a hard court tournament with a prize pool of US$8.8 million (R$44 million).
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The German passed the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan, 57th placed, 6/3 7/5 after 1h37min on the center court of the Hard Rock Stadium.
Marozsan is one of the underdogs of the tournament, having beaten two top 10 players this week, Holger Rune, seventh, and Alex De Minaur, 10th, and until this Thursday he had only one defeat in five games against tennis players in the group, having beaten Carlos Alcaraz in Rome last year. passed in addition to Norwegian Casper Ruud in Shanghai, China, also in 2023.
The German returns to the semi in Miami after six years and will seek a place in the decision against Alcaraz, number two in the world, or the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, 12th placed. If he were to face Carlitos, he would be the winner of the year with a victory for each side, in the Australian Open in the quarterfinals for the German and in the quarterfinals of Indian Wells for the Spaniard who is coming from nine consecutive victories.
In this Thursday’s match, Zverev was firm on serve and had a solid first set. The second was serve by serve with balance, the German’s irritation in the fifth game when he questioned a warning given by the judge and the only break came in the chance at the end with a good return from Sascha.
