Very impressive, David Goffin beat Alexander Zverev in straight sets in the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai, achieving his first victory against a top 10 player in two years (6-4, 7-5).
Returned to 66th place in the world, notably thanks to an interesting summer, David Goffin shows great colors this week during the Masters 1000 in Shanghai. Qualified for the round of 16 after notably eliminating Lorenzo Musetti in the second round, the Liégeois knew that he was not starting as a favorite but that he had the weapons to annoy the man who had eliminated him at Roland-Garros in the round of 16.
Inspired by the strong comeback of Grigor DimitrovGoffin is present in terms of level of play and demonstrated it against Alexander Zverev. After saving a break point in his first service game, he took his chance when it presented itself in the next game where he showed the full extent of his palette by making two winning returns. Broken directly, he did not crack to get back in front at 3-3, helped by a remarkable passing and another winning return. And it was not his missed set point on Zverev’s serve that destabilized him either since he then made sure of his put in to pocket, in a completely deserved manner, the first set (6-4) .
Taking advantage of having a much too tender Zverev in front of him, Goffin did not stop there. Under pressure on his first service game of the second set, he produced a monstrous defense to return several smashes from the German before intelligently seizing his chance and taking an even more interesting advantage in the score (2-1).
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