Day eight on the 2024 Italian Open featured two of the boys’s quarter-final matches, with Alejandro Tabilo defeating Zhizhen Zhang in straight units and Sascha Zverev dismissing Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-3.
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Under is a recap of Wednesday’s quarter-final matches, together with match stats and highlights.
Day Eight Italian Open 2024 Quarter Closing Outcomes
| Winner | Loser | Scoreline |
|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Tabilo (29) | Zhizhen Zhang | 6-3 6-4 |
| Alexander Zverev (3) | Taylor Fritz (11) | 6-4, 6-3 |
Tabilo Tops Zhang
Alejandro Tabilo continued his spectacular run on the Internazionali BNL d’Italia by reaching the semi-finals, defeating Zhang Zhizhen 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday.
The Twenty ninth-seeded Chilean, who ousted world No. 1 Novak Djokovic earlier within the week, showcased assured and aggressive play from the baseline in his first match towards Zhang, securing a break in every set to seal a victory in a single hour and 27 minutes.
Tabilo is a brilliant candy ball striker, however his serve underpinned his victory right now. He gained 83% of factors on his first serve and saved each break factors he confronted.
The Chilean now has a personal-best 19 tour-level wins in 2024, a title in Auckland, and is ranked twenty fifth within the ATP Dwell Rankings.
I can’t imagine it proper now. I’m nonetheless making an attempt to soak this in. I’m simply so completely happy. I felt fairly good on the courtroom, fairly stable. I used to be making an attempt to do my job and play my finest tennis. It’s positively the perfect tennis of my life proper now, however I used to be making an attempt to maintain a poker face there as a result of I used to be so nervous inside. Each time, making an attempt to shut out the match will get barely tighter. So I used to be making an attempt to be unfastened, making an attempt to smile on the market on the finish, and thank god I served so nicely on the finish. That helped me shut out the match. Tabilo on his win over Zhang
Match Stats
| Alejandro Tabilo | Zhizhen Zhang | |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 |
| 1st Serve Share | 63% | 50% |
| 1st Serve Factors Received | 83% (33/40) | 80% (24/30) |
| 2nd Serve Factors Received | 46% (11/24) | 43% (13/30) |
| Break Factors Saved | 100% (2/2) | 60% (3/5) |
| 1st Return Factors Received | 20% (6/30) | 18% (7/40) |
| 2nd Return Factors Received | 57% (17/30) | 54% (13/24) |
| Break Factors Transformed | 40% (2/5) | 0% (0/2) |
| Winners | 28 | 21 |
| Unforced Errors | 8 | 10 |
| Web Factors Received | 77% (10/13) | 47% (7/15) |
| Max Factors In Row | 6 | 4 |
| Service Factors Received | 69% (44/64) | 62% (37/60) |
| Return Factors Received | 38% (23/60) | 31% (20/64) |
| Whole Factors Received | 54% (67/124) | 46% (57/124) |
| Max Video games In Row | 3 | 1 |
| Service Video games Received | 100% (10/10) | 78% (7/9) |
| Return Video games Received | 22% (2/9) | 0% (0/10) |
| Whole Video games Received | 63% (12/19) | 37% (7/19) |
Highlights
Zverev Foils Fritz
Sascha Zverev superior to the semi-finals of a clay courtroom Masters 1000 for the ninth time on Wednesday, closing out Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 of their quarter-final showdown. The third seed, now the very best remaining in Rome, displayed superior serving and exact baseline play to safe the win.
Early within the match, Zverev had a strange-looking fall when he misplaced his footing. He sustained cuts on each palms and required a coach’s go to to patch him up.
Regardless of the setback, Zverev broke Fritz’s serve instantly after the autumn, establishing a lead he maintained to take the primary set.
The German confirmed resilience within the second, popping out a few nearer video games and confirmed no indicators of bodily impairment affecting his play for the rest of the one-hour and 30-minute match.
I assumed he hit his forehand very properly. Usually, that wing can get a bit passive or floaty, however he took it to the American, and naturally, his backhand was rock stable as ordinary.
Zverev will face Alejandro Tabilo within the semi-finals. Neither man has dropped a set within the event thus far.
Match Stats
| Alexander Zverev | Taylor Fritz | |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 |
| 1st Serve Share | 77% | 62% |
| 1st Serve Factors Received | 78% (29/37) | 74% (25/34) |
| 2nd Serve Factors Received | 64% (7/11) | 43% (9/21) |
| Break Factors Saved | 0% (0/0) | 40% (2/5) |
| 1st Return Factors Received | 26% (9/34) | 22% (8/37) |
| 2nd Return Factors Received | 57% (12/21) | 36% (4/11) |
| Break Factors Transformed | 60% (3/5) | 0% (0/0) |
| Winners | 20 | 11 |
| Unforced Errors | 4 | 10 |
| Web Factors Received | 57% (12/21) | 67% (8/12) |
| Max Factors In Row | 6 | 5 |
| Service Factors Received | 75% (36/48) | 62% (34/55) |
| Return Factors Received | 38% (21/55) | 25% (12/48) |
| Whole Factors Received | 55% (57/103) | 45% (46/103) |
| Max Video games In Row | 4 | 1 |
| Service Video games Received | 100% (9/9) | 70% (7/10) |
| Return Video games Received | 30% (3/10) | 0% (0/9) |
| Whole Video games Received | 63% (12/19) | 37% (7/19) |
Highlights
Italian Open 2024 Day 9 Quarter Closing Schedule
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (6) vs Nicolas Jarry (21)
- Hubert Hurkacz (7) vs Tommy Paul (14)
