{"id":67192,"date":"2026-09-06T17:53:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/67192\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:53:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:53:36","slug":"zverev-reaches-us-open-fourth-round-with-win-over-tabilo-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/67192\/","title":{"rendered":"Zverev reaches US Open fourth round with win over Tabilo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Germany\u2019s Alexander Zverev in action during his men\u2019s singles third round match of the US Open. (EPA Images pic)
\nNEW YORK: Top seed Alexander Zverev lost his way in the second set but got his game back under control to secure a 6-2, 7-6 (7\/2), 6-2 victory over Alejandro Tabilo and reach the fourth round of the US Open on Saturday.<\/p>\n

After spending a gruelling nine hours and 26 minutes on court across back-to-back five-setters against Lorenzo Sonego and Quentin Halys, the last thing the German would have wanted was another long night on Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old, who won his first Grand Slam title at the French Open and finished runner-up at Wimbledon, stormed out of the blocks by breaking 25th seed Tabilo twice before taking the first set with an unreturnable serve to love.<\/p>\n

Zverev raced to a 4-2 lead in the second set but his level suddenly dropped, allowing world number 28 Tabilo to claim three games in a row and go within touching distance of drawing level in the match.<\/p>\n

However, the Chilean was unable to press home the advantage and Zverev, after chiding a courtside fan who appeared to be offering coaching advice during the ensuing tiebreak, rediscovered his composure and his best tennis, pulling away to tighten his grip on the match.<\/p>\n

The writing was on the wall for Tabilo when Zverev raced ahead 5-2 in the third, and the German booked his place in the round of 16 where 21st-seeded Italian Luciano Darderi awaits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Alexander Zverev in action during his men\u2019s singles third round match of the US Open. (EPA Images…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3864,243,463],"class_list":["post-67192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alexander-zverev","tag-alejandro-tabilo","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-us-open"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}