Tennis: Alexander Zverev has overcome Tobias Kamke in 3 sets after dropping the first set 6-0. Zverev won 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 to become the youngest player to reach the ATP semifinals since Rafael Nadal did it in Umag in July 2003.

The 17-year-old German had become youngest player in five years to win an ATP tour match after first round, became youngest player in 10 years to beat a top 20 player after beating Mikhail Youhzny in the second round and became youngest Quarterfinalist in 10 years after beating Santiago Giraldo in 3rd round. It was a match between two wildcards as Zverev faced World No.83 Tobias Kamke in the Quarterfinals.

Kamke had beaten 4th seed, World No.21 Alexandr Dolgopolov in the 3rd round. The 28-year-old German, Kamke thrashed his 17-year-old compatriot in the first set as he won 92% of points on his serve. He lost just one point on serve in the whole first set and did not let Zverev take a single game point on Zverev's serve.

Kamke won more than 80% points in the first set and won 26 out of 32 points. Zverev won 4 points in one game of his serve, or else he won just 2 points in five games of the first set. But even after this thrashing in the first set, the 17-year-old did not give up and fought back in the second set.

After losing first seven games of the match, Zverev won game in the match for the first time in the second set when he held his serve in the second game. The teenager followed it up by breaking Kamke's serve in the 3rd game.

Zverev kept holding his service games and served for the set at 5-4. But Kamke saved at set point there and broke Zverev to make it 5-5. The 17-year-old broke Kamke once again in the 11th game and this time served out the set to win it 7-5 and forced the match into the deciding set.

Zverev broke Kamke in first game of the third set and held all his serves. Kamke was broken once again serving at 3-5 and with it, Zverev won the third set 6-3 and booked his place in the semifinals. Zverev Owns a Place in History He will face the winner of 7th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber and Lukas Rosol for a place in the final, which will help him get better of Rafael Nadal, who reached ATP final in Auckland 2004 at the age of 17 years and 6 months.

Zverev is 17 years and 3 months old. Zverev has already passed the Spaniard considering the level of the competition. Alexander reaches the semifinals of an ATP 500, at the same level in 2004 at Dubai, Nadal exited in the quarter-finals! Zverevev is the third active player after Hewitt in Adelaide 1998 and Nadal in Umag, to reach an ATP semif-final when 17 years old.