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As a top -plated professional: Zverev loses the start
Alexander Zverev was one of the favorites in Indian Wells and was number one on the seed list. But his tournament is over after a good three hours.
Olympic champion Alexander Zverev has lost his opening match as the top-placed player of the tennis tournament in Indian Wells and has left directly. After the freely in round one, the 27 -year -old Hamburger lost to the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor 6: 4, 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 7 (4: 7). Since the final defeat at the Australian Open, Zverev has lost four of eight games. Griekspoor is number 46 of the world rankings and used his 6th matchball after 3:07 hours. The number one in the world rankings for Zverev is far away despite the lock for Jannik Sinner.
“I lost five times against him last year, they were all tight and I always had my chances. It cost a lot of work,” said Griekspoor.
Zverev since the final defeat at Australian Open weak
Zverev was one of the favorites for the hard court tournament, endowed with $ 13 million and was the only German who was still there in the ATP tournament. Even at the smaller tournaments after the Australian Open, Zverev did not have the hoped -for success.
Zverev repeatedly made slight mistakes against Griekspoor, but won the first set relatively confidently. His partner Sophia Thomalla cheered in the stands. In the second round he came back after a 0: 3 start and in the meantime 2: 5 deficit and had all momentum on his side, but then defeated in the tie-break.
Against Griekspoor, Zverev is often only on the defensive
In the third set, Zverev collected the break to 1: 2 after many slight mistakes on the network, but then won the rebreak to 2: 2. With a double error at the stand of 4: 4, Zverev put pressure on himself and opened the door for the next break, but kept the nerves and won the point to 5: 4. However, the Hamburgers did not achieve control, but the break to 5: 6 developed Griekspoor in long ball changes, in which Zverev could often only act out of the defensive.
For a quarter of an hour, Zverev then stood out with one leg and defended five match balls against himself on the way to the rebreak. However, Zverev could not draw the necessary calm from this and after the second tie break of the game also lost the match.
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Source: Stern
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