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Alejandro Tabilo vs Alexander Zverev: ATP Rome – semifinal
The former ATP Rome champion Alexander Zverev will take on Alejandro Tabilo in the semifinals.
Alejandro Tabilo Profile
Alejandro Tabilo has the best ranking in his career, being 32nd in the world. The Chilean is 25-9 for the season and 15-6 on clay courts.
He is coming off a 6-3, 6-4 win over Zhizhen Zhang in the quarterfinal. Previously in the tournament, Tabilo defeated Karen Khachanov, Novak Djokovic and Yannick Hanfmann.
Last week, Tabilo won the challenger in Aix en Provence, defeating Jaume Munar 6-3, 6-2 in the final.
The week before, he lost in the opening round in Madrid to Flavio Cobolli in three sets.
Besides the last week’s title, Tabilo won the title in Auckland in the first week of the season and reached the final in Santiago, where he lost to Sebastian Baez.
This is his first appearance in Rome.
Alexander Zverev Profile
Alexander Zverev is fifth in the ATP rankings, while his career high was No. 2 in the world. The German is 26-9 for the season and 8-3 on clay.
Zverev is coming off a 6-3 win over Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinal after previously defeating Nono Borges, Luca Dardieri, and Alexander Vukic, all in straight sets.
Last week in Madrid, Zverev lost in the round of 16 against Francisco Cerundolo.
His best result of the season was the semifinal at the Australian Open, where he lost to Daniil Medvedev in five sets. He reached the same stage in Los Cabos and Miami.
This is Zverev’s eighth appearance in Rome, and he won the title in 2017.
Head-to-Head First match
This will be the first match between Alejandro Tabilo and Alexander Zverev.
Prediction and Conclusion
Alejandro Tabilo is having the best tournament of his career. First, he defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and then reached his first semifinal in the Masters Series tournaments. Tabilo will go against Alexander Zverev for the first time in his career. The 2017 ATP Rome winner had a slight injury in the previous match against Taylor Fritz, but played through it and made it to the semifinals. That will be no problem for him in this match, and he will use his quality and experience to get an easy win over Tabilo by covering the -3.5-game spread.
