'Happy with today's win' - Zverev on booking a QF spot in Acapulco

Alexander Zverev is through to the Abierto Mexicano Acapulco quarterfinal after a straight-set victory over Laslo Djere.

It was a solid match from Zverev who defeated Djere 6-4 6-3 to reach the Abierto Mexicano Acapulco quarterfinals. It will be the 3rd quarterfinal in four years for Zverev at an event he attends regularly. On the match itself regularly:

“I've known him since we were juniors and every time we played was extremely long, but that was back in the day,” Zverev said in his on-court interview. “I'm happy with today's win and he's improved a lot since then.”

For Zverev it was an important match as he was able to get better as it went on. He started shaky hitting many unforced errors but as the match went on he settled and started playing better. He highlighted the importance of that:

“I think today what showed the most is that I got better with the match. I started off extremely sloppy, started off with a lot of unforced errors. The longer the match went on the better I started playing and this is something that is very important for me. When I get into a rhythm I feel very comfortable on the court and that's how I felt today.”

He will face Casper Ruud for a place in the semifinal and on that match, Zverev briefly remarked:

“Casper Ruud is someone who's come up the ranks extremely fast the last couple of months, couple of years. Yeah, he's somebody to look out for definitely.”