Zverev Thrashes Shang to Set up Djokovic Quarter-Final at China Open
The German top seed needed 55 minutes and nine aces to beat Shang Juncheng and move closer to the world No. 1 ranking.
- On Saturday, Germany's top seed Alexander Zverev defeated China's wildcard Shang Juncheng in 55 minutes at the China Open in Beijing, advancing to Sunday's quarterfinal against Djokovic, who has never lost a match in Beijing.
- Zverev trains his sights on the number-one ranking held by Jannik Sinner, who won in Beijing last year but is absent this tournament and will skip next week's Shanghai Masters due to a right knee injury sustained since his Wimbledon title in July.
- During a tight first-set tiebreak, Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen told spectators to 'stop shouting,' later declaring 'It's my problem, it's my problem' as she addressed crowd disruption; opponent Anna Kalinskaya retired three games down in the third set, giving Zheng a 6-7 , 6-4, 3-0 victory.
- USA's Coco Gauff defeated Colombia's Camila Osorio 7-6 , 4-6, 6-2 in a two-hour-and-18-minute match, saying 'It was tough, it wasn't the cleanest' but 'Just happy with how I was able to reset,' and next faces Chinese teenager Sun Xinran, ranked 582.
- Third seed Daniil Medvedev eased into the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff, while fifth-seeded Alex de Minaur and Andrey Rublev both advanced in three sets to meet in the last eight, alongside world number one Elena Rybakina.
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Zverev thrashes Shang to set up Djokovic quarter-final at China Open
The German top seed needed just 55 minutes to brush aside the Chinese wildcard, ranked 250th, firing nine aces along the way. "Happy with the win," the world's second-ranked player said, adding that his 21-year-old opponent had been "dangerous" and had "nothing to lose". "Looking forward to the next couple of weeks," he said ahead of his tie with Djokovic -- who has never lost a match in Beijing -- on Sunday. Zverev's cruise into the next round …
Alexander Zverev takes only 55 minutes to defeat Shang Juncheng in Beijing. Because Jannik Sinner continues to fail, rank one of the world rankings is getting closer and closer. But now a tennis legend is waiting.
The German easily ruled out Shang Juncheng to reach the quarterfinals where Novak Djokovic will be waiting.
Short trial with his opponent Shang Jungcheng - and now thanks to the duel with serial winner Novak Djokovic: For Alexander Zverev, the ATP tournament in China is not only about the pure duel. But also about the very big dream.
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