15:40
Medvedev – Zverev 3: 4
With strong first serves, however, Zverev also holds this service game. Half an hour has been completed, and there is no clear trend here.
15:39
Medvedev – Zverev 3: 3
A volley of the Russian actually represents an invitation for Zverev, but he reacts with the tabs and can then be outwitted into the angle with a precise long -liner. The best appearance of the world ranking in third is not yet.
15:33
Medvedev – Zverev 3: 3
Zverev also holds well in the Return game, putting a successful stop. However, he has no chance against a sharp forehand cross from Medvedev and is not subject to 30. Furthermore, no breaks in this match!
15:31
Medvedev – Zverev 2: 3
Slowly Zverev seems to get going! The footwork looks significantly more agile at this point, so it actually manages to load his opponent and conveniently get the cross winner. First service game to zero!
15:26
Medvedev – Zverev 2: 2
Medvedev can now also win two longer rallies. At the second, he is lucky that Zverev will return a stop to the field next to the field. The Russian does not take long for its service game.
15:25
Medvedev – Zverev 1: 2
Finally the first serve comes through. Medvedev immediately returns to inaccurate, Zverev keeps the service game with a little effort!
15:24
Medvedev – Zverev 1: 1
Too often the German has to go over the second serve. Medvedev uses this with precise returns and earns the first breakball. But Zverev can ward off it with a tight longliner!
15:23
Medvedev – Zverev 1: 1
The first ace follows another simple return in the mesh. It goes into the debut.
15:19
Medvedev – Zverev 1: 1
Again, Zverev stumbles on his own serve, is already at five unforced errors. He has not yet found his punch in the rallies, and the view of the sun may also be bothered by him.
15:17
Medvedev – Zverev 1: 1
Medvedev retains his first service game even more confidently. Only once can it be tangled into a longer rallies and affords a somewhat adventurous return. Otherwise Zverev has no chance.
15:16
Medvedev – Zverev 0: 1
With a tight opening on the right angle corner, Zverev already achieves half the battle and only has to keep the racket in on the network. First impact game won at 30!
15:13
Medvedev – Zverev 0: 0
Zverev can try service first. The high temperatures just below the 30 degrees Celsius naturally meet its hard serve. However, he also afford two unnecessary return errors.
15:07
It starts right away!
Incidentally, the opponent in the final will be called either Alexander Budikik or Karen Khachanov – the two meet immediately afterwards.
14:48
Two giens in comparison
Curious: With a height of 1.98 meters, Medvedev and Zverev were the biggest players in February 2022 as the world ranking in February 2022 who were ever placed in the top two. Both are potent basics, with Zverev shows the more aggressive style and Medvedev has consistently good returns on the strong backhand.
14:41
Anxiety opponent Medvedev
With a balance of 12: 7, Daniil Medvedev is one of the fear opponents of Zverev, the last three meetings were all able to win for themselves – most recently in January 2024 at the Australian Open in a four and a half hour battle. At the start of the tournament, the Russian with Daniel Altmaier was also able to conquer a German confidently, only took a good hour. He is currently quite far away from his form, which he lifted him at the top of the world rankings in February 2022. In the two large tournaments this year, he ended in the second (Australian Open) or first round (Roland Garros).
14:34
With nausea into the semi -finals
“Everything was fine in front of the match. Then suddenly I just didn’t feel good, I’m down from the pitch and handed over. I had never had anything like this before” – Zverev said the unusual moment in the quarter -finals. Despite the three -minute break in the second game, the Hamburg native then delivered a solid match and remained cooler than Cobolli, especially in the crucial moments. Zverev was able to ward off all six breakballs of the Italian, ultimately prevailed in the tie break of the second set.
14:26
Welcome!
A nice sunny Saturday and welcome to the first semi -finals of the Terra Wortmann Open in the Westphalian Halle! Alexander Zverev had to deal with stomach problems yesterday and nevertheless solved the ticket for the round of the last four against Flavio Cobolli. Today, however, he meets Daniil Medvedev. From 3 p.m. it starts with bright sunshine!