Will Zverev be run over by the giant-killing Hungarian?
Words seem to be running out for Fábián Marozsán’s performance… The 24-year-old Hungarian boy will play in the quarter-finals in Miami after beating the tournament’s 9th seed, Australian Alex De Minaur, on Wednesday morning.
It was Marozsán’s second top 10 scalp in this tournament alone, and he improved his overall record to 4-1 against the ATP’s cream of the crop. The star of Hajdúszoboszló SE is praised not only by us Hungarians, but also by the profession, because the way he has burst into the professional ranks and the way he plays at the Masters is really fantastic.
This is his fourth main draw 1000, he has reached the last eight in Rome, the quarter-finals in Shanghai, the last eight in Indian Wells and now the quarter-finals again in Miami, but in this case we don’t know if this will be the final.
A wonderful series of results! His win-loss record at the Masters is now 14-3!.
Marozsán will face a real challenge in the next round, as he will be up against former finalist Alexander Zverev, who has made it this far quite easily.
The German has not had his strongest Masters run, having reached the final once in 2018, but apart from that he has two quarter-final appearances to his name and an overall record of 13-8, which is not very strong considering his qualities.
But it’s been a pretty good tournament for the German this year, and seeing Marozsán’s tennis, it’s probably not a stretch to say that Zverev will have his toughest challenge of the tournament so far.
Free tip for Zverez – Marozsan
Whatever the outcome of this match, we will certainly not be angry with Fabi, because apart from giving us some wonderful moments, we are 3/3 in his matches in this tournament.
Against Popyrin, we doubled up by expecting at least 2 games difference between them in Marozsán’s favour. And against De Minaur, we felt the value was clearly on the Hungarian side, so we took his win at 3.45.
To be honest, we would be reluctant to get off the Marozsán train, as Zverev is the type of tennis player who can be discouraged if things don’t go his way. And the Hungarian boy can pull the German out of his comfort zone with his strokes and his confidence alone.