Dominating Shelton\u2019s second serve and neutral baseline exchanges, Zverev needed just one hour, 17 minutes minutes to snap the American\u2019s nine-match winning streak and reach the semi-finals for the fourth time in his past four appearances.<\/p>\n
Zverev\u2019s biggest concern of the night was his own health. He called for the doctor at 2-1 in the second set as he appeared to be struggling with this breathing.<\/p>\n \u201cRight now I\u2019m not feeling too great\u2026 I\u2019m not sure what happened,\u201d the 2021 Cincinnati champion said. \u201cI came out today and probably felt the best I\u2019ve felt in a few months. Was feeling the ball incredibly well from both sides. In the first set I started feeling not so great and it got progressively worse. But I\u2019m in the semi-finals and I\u2019ll do everything I can be be 100 per cent tomorrow.\u201d <\/p>\n After failing to win a match in his first six outings at the Lindner Family Tennis Centre in Mason, Ohio, Zverev has now won 16 of his past 18 matches at the event. His two losses? A tight two-set defeat to eventual champion Novak Djokovic<\/a> in the 2023 semi-finals and a third-set tie-break loss to eventual champion Jannik Sinner<\/a> in last year\u2019s semi-finals.<\/p>\n The German also improved to 4-0 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series with Shelton, who would have guaranteed his rise inside the Top 5 of the PIF ATP Rankings on Monday had he advanced to the semis.<\/p>\n Shelton served 12 aces but won just four of 19 second-serve points, according to Infosys ATP Stats. Zverev won 81 per cent of first-serve points and saved the lone break point he faced.<\/p>\n![\"It](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755322746_659_it-all-adds-up-banner.jpg\"\/)
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