ATP Masters in Miami, 3rd round, Monday, 25.03.2024
It was exactly the start Germany’s best tennis player had hoped for at the ATP Masters in Miami! Alexander Zverev outclassed his first opponent and produced an incredible service game.
Now he faces an opponent who is likely to be just as strong on serve, if only because he is three centimeters taller than him. So are the signs good for a close, tight match?
A look at our sports betting apps reveals: definitely not! The German is clearly ahead with an average of 1.07 to 7.00, which is why I’ll now tell you in my Zverev Eubanks tip why I can still recommend a tiebreak bet
In the end, it was a 6-2, 6-4, but one of the very confident variety! Alexander Zverev knocked out Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 1st round of Miami and showed why he is one of the favorites for the title.
Not a single break chance given up, no double faults, 93% points won on his first serve and a full 100% on his second, he gave his opponent no chance whatsoever to get into the match.
The match lasted 76 minutes and the first match point found its way into the net. The Hamburg-born player has big plans in Miami, having already failed to beat Taro Daniel in the opening round last year
Miami is a place where anything is possible for him, from a major embarrassment to a major triumph. In 2018, he made it all the way to the final, but lost it narrowly and unfortunately to John Isner.
Very interesting with regard to today’s Monday: He has never been knocked out in a 3rd round, so this fact should serve as a good omen that it doesn’t have to be the end of the line against Christopher Eubanks.
Zverev’s powerful service game will definitely have to be repeated, because the tennis cracks among you know for sure: Eubanks has very similar strengths!
The two played each other for the first time in Geneva in 2023, albeit on clay, with Zverev winning 6-2, 6-3. Our bookmakers can well imagine a similar outcome this time.
The aforementioned odds of 1.07 to 7.00 read clearly, and if you place one of these bets at Bwin, you can even get a little more with the help of the Bwin voucher code.
Christopher Eubanks is ranked 32nd in the world rankings, so he is certainly not a bad player. He plays the one-handed backhand, measures 2.01 meters and wants to impress Zverev with precisely these stats.
The US-American started off against Daniel Evans and it was set to be a storybook thriller. Or to put it another way: it was a typical Eubanks result
7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 21 aces, that’s how you know the 27-year-old! He couldn’t break at all, Evans was allowed to break exactly once. So it’s no wonder that they both spent hours on court, which Zverev must have appreciated.
Since the Australian Open, Eubanks has only finished two matches without a tie-break, and his 5-7, 5-7 against Thanasi Kokkinakis, which took place just before the Miami Masters, was also very close.
It was only last year that the American won a main draw match in Miami for the first time ever; his path, which began in qualifying, ultimately took him through to the round of the top eight.
He played a total of seven matches, with six sets going to a tie-break. The only one who was able to stop him in the end was Daniil Medvedev. At the time, the Russian was ranked number 5 in the world. Interesting fact: Alexander Zverev now occupies exactly this position
My Zverev Eubanks tip
Alexander Zverev got off to an impressive start in Miami, and if he continues to serve in the same way this afternoon, Christopher Eubanks is unlikely to stand a chance. But his opponent can serve just as well!
Two absolute giants are meeting, but the American has the much greater weaknesses in returning. And yet: with so many tie-breaks in his results, I can really only guess:
Zverev and Eubanks will play at least one tiebreak!
