Cerundolo holds a 3-0 Lexus ATP Head2Head series lead against Zverev in clay-court matches, having beaten the German on the surface twice in Madrid and in Buenos Aires. Zverev leads the H2H 4-3 overall.<\/p>\n
However, Zverev will head into their latest meeting off the back of a comfortable win against Canadian Diallo, who received treatment for a back issue at the end of the first set. Zverev raced through the opener and then was handed a break of serve in the sixth game of the second set when Diallo misfired a routine forehand long.<\/p>\n
“I think he had some issues with the back and was not serving fully in the second set,” Zverev said in his on-court interview. “But I am happy with the win and happy to get an easier match today.”<\/p>\n
Zverev is into his 113th tour-level quarter-final, which is the fourth-most among active players. Stan Wawrinka<\/a> is fifth on 112. The No. 3 player in the PIF ATP Rankings is a three-time champion in Munich and is chasing his first title since he triumphed at the ATP 500 clay-court event 12 months ago.<\/p>\n Zverev spent his Wednesday night cheering on his football team Bayern Munich to a quarter-final win against Real Madrid in the Champions League. Some of Bayern Munich’s stars were courtside to watch Zverev on Thursday.<\/p>\n “It is great for the stars to come out,” Zverev said. “Amazing for them to get the win at home and I was there watching. It was very, very special. I took the kids down to the locker room after and they were very nice to the kids, signing autographs.”<\/p>\n Fifth seed Cerundolo thrashed Botic van de Zandschulp<\/a> 6-3, 6-0 to become the third player this year to earn 10 clay-court wins, joining Tomas Martin Etcheverry<\/a> (13) and Alejandro Tabilo<\/a> (10). The Argentine won the title in Buenos Aires in February.<\/p>\n In other action, Alex Molcan<\/a> advanced to his first ATP 500 quarter-final since 2022, when he reached the semi-finals in Hamburg. The Slovakian overcame Germany’s Daniel Altmaier<\/a> 6-4, 7-6(10) and fended off three set points in the second set, including one at 5\/6, when Altmaier missed a short forehand into the net.<\/p>\n Molcan reached a career-high No. 38 in the PIF ATP Rankings in 2022, but dropped outside the Top 600 last May. The 28-year-old is up 42 spots to No. 124 in the Live Rankings and will next meet Denis Shapovalov<\/a>. The Canadian defeated Fabian Marozsan<\/a> 7-6(4), 6-2 to reach his first clay-court quarter-final since 2022, according to the Infosys ATP Win\/Loss Index. It is also the first time Shapovalov has won consecutive matches on clay since Roland Garros<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n![\"\u201cATP](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/atp-fantasy-article-banner.jpg\")
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