Tennis: Zverev at Masters in Madrid left in the round of 16

Alexander Zverev left the round of 16 at the Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid. The top seeded tennis professional lost Francisco Cerundolo from Argentina with 5: 7, 3: 6. The Hamburger experienced an unpleasant déjà-vu: a year ago he was also eliminated in the Spanish capital in the round of the last 16 against the South American.

After his tournament victory recently at the ATP 500 event in Munich, it set a damper again for the second list. The French Open begin in just under a month-the second Grand Slam tournament of the year in Paris is the highlight of the clay court season.

Zverev’s last service game in the first set decisive

In a balanced first set, Zverev actually remained confident with his own serve and did not give Cerundolo a break chance until the last game. But then, at the stand of 5: 6, the Hamburger failed and lost the sentence. The 28-year-old suddenly seemed unsettled and immediately did not get his first service in the second round. Shortly afterwards, Cerundolo took the lead 3-0 – it should be crucial for the game outcome.

Zverev discussed with the referee and drogs the racket on the pitch. He only reaches six Winner strokes throughout the game – his 26 -year -old rival three times as many. Number 21 in the world remained concentrated and celebrated the third win in the third match with the German.

A lot of effort in round before

The tournament favorite and Olympic champion of 2021 had a hard time in Madrid in the round against Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and only won in three sets after a hard fight. A scene had caused a stir when Zverev pulled out his cell phone in a tight decision and photographed the print of a ball. He received a warning.

After the tournament had to be interrupted the day before due to the large -scale power failure on the Iberian Peninsula, the games were continued on Tuesday.