{"id":212759,"date":"2025-10-20T08:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212759\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:45:09","slug":"alexander-zverevs-route-to-the-final-as-draw-made-for-the-vienna-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/212759\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Zverev\u2018s route to the final as draw made for the Vienna Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After what has been an underwhelming year, Alexander Zverev will look for a strong finish to 2025 during the indoor hard-court season. <\/p>\n

Zverev has claimed just one ATP title this year<\/a>, his lowest season tally since 2019, having recorded his sole victory at the Munich Open.<\/p>\n

Outside of his triumph in his home country, however, the German has endured a difficult time on tour since January. <\/p>\n

The world number three did reach the final of the Australian Open earlier in the year, but failed to build on his impressive run in Melbourne. <\/p>\n

\"AlexanderPhoto by Fred Lee\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Recently, Zverev<\/a> has suffered a number of early exits at big tournaments, including a third-round defeat at the US Open and a round of 32 loss at the Shanghai Masters. <\/p>\n

There is still time for Zverev to salvage his 2025 campaign, though, and he will have a great chance of doing so at the upcoming Vienna Open<\/a>, where he has been given a favourable draw.<\/p>\n

Alexander Zverev\u2019s draw at the Vienna Open<\/p>\n

The Vienna Open is one of the final ATP<\/a> 500 tournaments of the season, and it will feature some big names. <\/p>\n

Seeded first at the event, world number two Jannik Sinner<\/a> is seeking his fourth title of the season, as he takes to the court after winning the Six Kings Slam in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

Daniil Medvedev<\/a> will also make an appearance in Austria, with the Russian in fine form since the beginning of the Asian swing.<\/p>\n

For Zverev, the Vienna Open draw has provided him with a golden opportunity, as the 28-year-old has been handed a promising potential path to the final.<\/p>\n

First round: QualifierSecond Round: QualifierQuarterfinal: Karen KhachanovSemifinal: Lorenzo Musetti<\/p>\n

Should he advance to the championship match, Zverev will likely face Sinner in a rematch of the Australian Open final. <\/p>\n

Alexander Zverev\u2019s record at the Vienna Open over the years<\/p>\n

Zverev is making his fifth appearance at the Vienna Open, where he is a former champion. <\/p>\n

He narrowly missed out in the qualifiers in 2014 and reached the quarterfinals in 2017, before going on to win the tournament four years later. <\/p>\n

In 2021, Zverev put together an impressive run, beating the likes of Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Frances Tiafoe to clinch the title.<\/p>\n

RoundOpponentFinalFrances Tiafoe (W)SemifinalsCarlos Alcaraz (W)QuarterfinalsFelix Auger-Aliassime (W)Second RoundAlex de Minaur (W)First RoundFilip Krajinovic (W)Alexander Zverev\u2019s campaign at the 2021 Vienna Open<\/p>\n

His last two campaigns at the Vienna Open have ended in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover After what has been an underwhelming year, Alexander Zverev will look for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[7570,1308,101,118,56,54,55,91577],"class_list":{"0":"post-212759","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","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-vienna-open"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}