By defeating Basavareddy, Zverev<\/a> moved a step closer to achieving this feat, while also setting a new generational record.<\/p>\n Zverev, who was described by John McEnroe as the best ATP player to never win a Grand Slam title<\/a>, broke new territory after defeating Basavareddy on Sunday.<\/p>\n As per OptaAce, Alexander Zverev has claimed a 156th match win at ATP Masters 1000 events, surpassing Grigor Dimitrov for the outright-most of any player born since the format\u2019s introduction in 1990.<\/p>\n Dimitrov, who has won 155 Masters 1000 matches, has not been afforded the opportunity to extend his previously-held record after suffering a serious pectoral injury<\/a> during his fourth-round match against Jannik Sinner at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n Five years ago, Zverev squandered a two-set lead against Dominic Thiem to lose the 2020 US Open<\/a> final. <\/p>\n If he can register a strong run at the Cincinnati Open<\/a>, the German will undoubtedly be a strong contender to challenge Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> for the US Open title.<\/p>\n History has proved that strong Cincinnati Open form can translate into success at the US Open. Both Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Coco Gauff<\/a> won the US Open title in 2023 after winning the Cincinnati Open crown.<\/p>\n Zverev faces another American star<\/p>\n Alexander Zverev will face another young American star, who has become a stalwart on the ATP Tour in recent years.<\/p>\n Brandon Nakashima was pushed to the brink by Alexander Blockx. However, the 24-year-old pulled through, winning 4-6 6-3 7-6.<\/p>\n Nakashima, ranked 31 in the world, will have his work cut out for him against Zverev. The American has failed to win any of their four previous meetings.<\/p>\n The pair first met at the 2020 US Open, with Zverev winning in four sets. Their last meeting came at the 2025 Stuttgart Open, where Zverev won 7-5 6-4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev is through to the Cincinnati Open third round after a convincing performance in his opening round…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[6774,11933,49,48,26217,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-61840","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alexander-zverev","9":"tag-atp-tennis-players","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-cincinnati-open","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Alexander](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229467226-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Dylan Buell\/Getty ImagesAlexander Zverev has won the most ATP Masters 1000 matches of any player born in the 1990\u2019s<\/p>\n![\"Brandon](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2228132894-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n