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500. Victory on the tour: Zverev in Toronto in the round of 16
Zverev completed 712 games in his career on the ATP tour – the 500th victory secures him to get into the round of 16 at the Masters in Toronto. He doesn’t like the next opponent.
Alexander Zverev won a match on the ATP tour for the 500th time and reached the round of 16 at the Masters in Toronto. The Olympic champion on number one defeated Matteo Arnaldi from Italy after difficulties in the first set 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 3, 6: 2.
“This is a great success. There are not many players who have reached this milestone. Of course I want 500 more victories or more,” said Zverev in Canada. In the hardplace tournament, which is endowed with around $ 9.2 million (around 8 million euros), he will meet Francisco Cerundolo from Argentina next. From three duels with number 24 in the world rankings so far, Zverev, number three in the world, could not win.
Zverev increases after the first round
Against Arnaldi, Zverev lost control of the match in the first round after a good start. Zverev was already 4-2 ahead and had the chance of another break before Arnaldi increased, the German number one appeared increasingly unsettled and repeatedly made mistakes with his actually so strong backhand. Zverev still fought off the first three set balls against themselves, but had to hand in the first round in the tie -break.
“I played better from the baseline the longer the match went. My backhand felt strange, that doesn’t happen often,” said Zverev. “After that I felt more comfortable and was satisfied with my level.”
In the second set, he marched to a fast 6: 3 and the sentence equalization. In the third round, Zverev initially awarded three more break chances at the 1-1 scale and was dissatisfied with himself, but in the end they won the victory after 2:46 hours. Shortly before, he caused enthusiasm in the audience when he caught a tennis ball with his pocket.
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Source: Stern
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