Tennis: Zverev fails in Acapulco on teenagers

Tennis professional Alexander Zverev was surprisingly excreted in the round of 16 at the hard court tournament in the Mexican Acapulco. The top set 27-year-old lost 3: 6, 4: 6 to the 19-year-old American qualifier Learner Tien.

Zverev allowed himself a few mistakes against the young left -hander and missed the first set of 2: 2 first break chances in the first set. A failed overhead ball at the stand of 3: 4 and with breakball against himself was crucial.

Tien, currently number 83 in the world, brought his subsequent service game and won the first round after 34 minutes. In the second set, Zverev already led 4: 1 after a break, but then gave all five following games and finally lost after a total of 88 minutes.

Thus, the third tournament in a row from Australian Open finalist Zverev in South and Central America ended with a disappointment. Previously, the Hamburger in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires failed in the quarter -finals. It continues with the Masters tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami.

Tien meets the Czech Tomas Machac in the quarterfinals, who also hit Daniel Altmaier in two sets with 7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 1. The 26-year-old from Kempen missed his third quarter-finals on the tour in series.

In addition to Zverev, the other three favorites also left: Norwegian Casper Ruud and the American Tommy Paul did not compete for their round of rounds because of stomach problems. The Dane Holger Rune gave up against Brandon Nakashima from the United States at 0: 3 in the first set.