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Alexander Zverev put on a serving clinic in a 6-4, 7-5 win over 24th-ranked Nicolas Jarry to claim his second Italian Open title Sunday and earn his biggest trophy since tearing his ankle apart two years ago.
Alexander Zverev put on a serving clinic in a 6-4, 7-5 win over 24th-ranked Nicolas Jarry to claim his second Italian Open title Sunday and earn his biggest trophy since tearing his ankle apart two years ago. Zverev opened the match with three straight aces on the red clay court and won 20 of his 21 service points in the first set. The German didn't drop a point on his first serve until late in the second set when the 6-foot-7 (2.01 meter) Jarry ran down a well-placed drop shot and replied with a cross-court winner.
Alexander Zverev has rallied to beat Alejandro Tabilo 1-6, 7-6, 6-2 for a spot in the Italian Open final.
The fifth-ranked Zverev kept patient, though, and took his chance when it came as he rallied to beat his unheralded Chilean opponent, 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, on Friday, May 17, for a spot in the Italian Open final.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME (AP) — For about an hour, Alexander Zverev had no answer to the rocket-like forehands