Alexander Zverev Registers 500th Win, Advances In National Bank Open After Thrilling Match

Last Updated:August 01, 2025, 08:41 IST

Zverev won his 500th match by defeating Matteo Arnaldi in the National Bank Open. The 28-year-old German is slated to face Francisco Cerundolo in his upcoming fixture.

Alexander Zverev. (AFP)

Top-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany triumphed over Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2, on Thursday night in the third round of the National Bank Open, marking his 500th match victory.

The 28-year-old Zverev, a champion in 2017, is the first ATP Tour player born in 1990 or later to achieve 500 wins. He secured his 24th tour title on clay in Munich this April.

“I think I started playing better from the baseline. The longer the match went on, I started to find my rhythm a bit," Zverev remarked. “It was actually my backhand that was feeling a bit off in the beginning, which is strange. Doesn’t happen very often. But after I found that shot, I was comfortable and I was happy about the level."

Ranked third globally, Zverev ended up as the top seed with top-ranked Jannik Sinner and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz skipping the hard-court event that continues for another week. No. 5 Jack Draper and No. 6 Novak Djokovic are also absent.

Zverev progressed to face No. 14 Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina, who defeated his fellow countryman Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 6-4.

Earlier, Alex Michelsen of the United States upset third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Michelsen will compete against fellow American Learner Tien, who overcame American Reilly Opelka 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Fifth-seeded Holger Rune of Denmark advanced in a night match, defeating Alexandre Muller of France 6-2, 6-4. Rune will play the winner of the late match between 10th-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia and Alexei Popyrin of Australia.

Eighth-seeded Casper Ruud of Norway beat Nuno Borges of Portugal 7-5, 6-4, setting up a match with 11th-seeded Karen Khachanov of Russia. Khachanov triumphed over Emilio Nava of the United States, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1.

Who is Alexander Zverev?

Alexander Zverev (born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player currently ranked world No. 3, with a career-high of No. 2. He has claimed 24 ATP singles titles—including six Masters 1000 trophies—and two doubles titles.

Zverev has reached three Grand Slam finals, finishing runner-up at the 2020 US Open and the 2024 French Open, and reached the semifinals at the Australian Open and French Open on multiple occasions. As a teenager, he won the 2014 Australian Open junior title and became one of the youngest ATP Challenger champions.

He broke into the ATP top 20 at age 20 and won his first ATP title in 2016, upsetting Roger Federer en route. A two-time ATP Finals champion (2018, 2021), he also earned Olympic gold in men’s singles at Tokyo 2020. Zverev has been a pivotal contributor to Germany’s Davis Cup and United Cup teams, and played key clinching matches for Team Europe at the Laver Cup.

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August 01, 2025, 08:41 IST

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