Tennis Olympic champion Alexander Zverev reached the third round at the Masters tournament in Rome after a show of strength. The 26-year-old prevailed in his second round match against Belgian David Goffin after 2:26 hours 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4.
Tennis Olympic champion Alexander Zverev reached the third round at the Masters tournament in Rome after a show of strength. The 26-year-old prevailed in his second round match against Belgian David Goffin after 2:26 hours 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4.
In the fight for the round of 16 ticket, the Hamburg player meets the American JJ Wolf at the clay court tournament, which is also considered an important test for the French Open, which begins in two weeks.
Zverev started the match strongly and led 4-1 after winning two breaks. But then he completely lost the thread, at the end of the sentence his opponent won 16 of the last 17 points. But Zverev fought back and didn’t win undeservedly in the end. “Nerves have something to do with it, I’m incredibly nervous at times,” admitted the number 19 seeded German afterwards: “That’s why matches like this are incredibly important.”
Also Hanfmann further – Altmaier out
Meanwhile, Yannick Hanfmann unexpectedly reached the third round. Hanfmann, who slipped into the main draw as a qualifier, won 6:4, 6:1 against the ninth seeded American Taylor Fritz. The 31-year-old from Karlsruhe, who is currently only number 101 in the world rankings, was quickly 0:3 behind, but then won in just 71 minutes. Hanfmann now meets the Italian Marco Checchinato.
Daniel Altmaier, on the other hand, missed progress. In the continuation of his game, which was canceled on Saturday due to rain, the qualifier was on the verge of victory against the American Frances Tiafoe in the second set. Then world number twelfth Tiafoe turned the match around and won 3:6, 7:5, 6:3.
Source: Stern
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