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Zverev brothers go different way at Shanghai Masters

Xinhua, October 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

Germany's Zverev brothers went through different results at the Shanghai Masters on Thursday as the younger Alexander lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France while Mischa progressed into the quarterfinals.

Alexander, 19, pushed the ninth seeded Tsonga all the way until he was broken for 5-6 in the third set, prompting a furious racquet-battering which earned him a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Tsonga, serving for the match, safely negotiated three break points before a spectacular airborne smash set up match point, which he gobbled up to win 6-7(4), 6-2, 7-5 and reached the quarterfinals.

Alexander's brother Mischa, a decade older at 29 but ranked just 110th in the world, also went three sets against Marcel Granollers of Spain but he came out on top 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-1.

The Zverevs were the first brothers since Olivier and Christophe Rochus at Miami 2006 to reach the last 16 of a Masters tournament, and were on course to meet in the semifinals.

Alexander Zverev has soared to 21st in the world after he won last month in St. Petersburg, becoming the first teenager in eight years to win an ATP tour title. Endit