Carlos Alcaraz vs Alexander Zverev Prediction: Zverev is a difficult opponent for the Spaniard

The men's US Open quarterfinals program will be completed by a duel between world number one Carlos Alcaraz and ATP ranking number 12 Alexander Zverev. The guys are quite familiar with each other, they have played on Tour five times, and the advantage is not on the side of the first racket and the favorite of the upcoming game. The German has beaten the Spaniard three times, while Carlos has only two wins over the German so far.

Carlos has not had any strong opponents on the hard courts of New York so far. For example, 75th ATP German Köpfer, who, by the way, did not play his first-round match to the end. Then there was Harris, world No. 177, Evans No. 28, and Arnaldi No. 61. Now there's world tennis' No. 12, German Zverev, who also has an advantage over Alcaraz head-to-head. Let's not forget that Alcaraz is the reigning winner of the US Open.

In the last round, we made a 100% guess on the betting odds for Zverev's match. The match against Cinner, the world number six, was a long, 5-set match. The match lasted four hours and 42 minutes. Zverev won it with the score 6:4, 3:6, 6:2, 4:6, 6:3. During the game, the German served 16 times with six double faults and won 70% of points on the first and 49% on the second. Before his match against Sinner, Zverev had knocked Vuckic, Altmaier, and Dimitrov out of the draw after losing two sets before that.

We highly doubt Alcaraz will have an easy time on Thursday. Zverev is a difficult opponent for the Spaniard. Moreover, Carlos has never defeated Alexander on the blue surface in his career. However, since 2021, the guys have not crossed paths on the hard court, and since then, Carlos has improved a lot, becoming the world number one, while Zverev, on the contrary, after the injury, has somewhat dropped and even fell out of the top ten of the ATP rankings. However, in New York, Alexander is showing a very decent level of tennis. He knocked out Sinner, a top tennis player, and confidently passed Dimitrov. We believe that Zverev will give the Spaniard a fight, and we won't be surprised if we see the German in the semifinals of the Grand Slam. Let's bet on the underdog.