Carlos Alcaraz helped Alexander Zverev beat Medvedev after pair met up privately

Alexander Zverev has revealed that he had some non-public assist from Carlos Alcaraz to interrupt his duck towards Daniil Medvedev. The German and the world No 3 had confronted off thrice this yr with Medvedev successful all three matches. But Zverev bought revenge on the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, beating him 6-4 5-7 6-4 to advance to the quarter-final.

Zverev earned a major win, ending a nine-match dropping streak towards prime 10 gamers when he upset Medvedev. It additionally marked his greatest victory by rating since earlier than he picked up season-ending ankle harm on the 2022 French Open.

The pair had been going through off for the fourth time this yr, with all of their 2023 conferences coming within the round-of-16 of a Masters occasion. The world No 17 seemed to be on his technique to his fourth defeat when Medvedev had two break factors at 4-3 within the third set however Zverev held robust and gained three video games in a row to complete off the match.

Speaking after the match, Zverev revealed that he acquired some recommendation from Alcaraz after a non-public assembly on the golf course forward of final week’s Canadian Open. “Against him, playing slowly is not a bad tactic,” the 26-year-old informed Tennis Channel.

“So after golf with Carlos Alcaraz last week in Toronto, he gave me a very good game plan against him actually. I asked him a few questions so that was quite helpful.” But the German wouldn’t give the world No 1 all of the credit score.

“At the end of the day I did what I had to do. I kind of fought it out and I’m happy to be sitting here as the winner,” he added. Addressing the group straight after the two-hour-and-32-minute victory, Zverev mentioned he was joyful to finish his dropping streak towards Medvedev.