TonEnnis Olympic champion Alexander Zverev started the U.S. Open with a sovereign first-round appearance.Four weeks after winning the gold medal in Tokyo and a week after winning the Cincinnati Championship, the 24-year-old from Hamburg defeated the American on Tuesday. Sam Querrey 6:4, 7:5, 6:2. For Zverev, the success achieved in a rather one-sided and only moderately entertaining 1:39 hour was the twelfth consecutive victory. “The game was not bad. The first round was against a player who was extremely dangerous on the hard court. That’s why I am satisfied with three sets of victories.” Say.
After the success of Dominik Koepfer, Philip Korschreiber And Peter Gojowczyk And the ladies Angelique Kerber and Andrea Petkovic the day before Zverev entered the second round of the New York Grand Slam as the sixth professional German tennis player.
That comes from his brother and manager Misha Zverev The “patient” that was anticipated in advance was quickly resolved. Although Querée’s style of play was as strong and aggressive as expected, the 33-year-old from San Francisco had very limited playful methods in the first game of the day. “I especially like the calm that Sascha exudes. Three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker analyzed that he feels comfortable and not arrogant on his skin, and exudes self-confidence. This A top German player “really capable of achieving great results in New York.”
At 5:4 in the first set, Zverev broke serve successfully. In the second round, it fell below the 78th place in the world rankings. After the third double error with a score of 5:5, Zverev later decided on the penalty for himself. In the third game, Querée lost the game by 1:2 in serve, and then lost the game by 1:4. Zverev did not miss these templates.
Querrey seems to have accepted the failure. The American fans of the largest and only sparsely populated tennis court in the world continued to support their compatriots, but in the end some people stood up and applauded Zverev. Although North Germany had a 5-1 lead and missed three match points, he finally used the fourth game to win with his serve. In the race to enter the third round, Zverev will now meet the French Lucas Puje or Albert Ramos-Vinolas from Spain.
A year after his dramatic five-set defeat in the final against Austria’s Dominic Thiem, Zverev (“I still remember last year’s finals in my head”) aims for the new four games Won his first title in one of the Grand Slam tournaments. York. Inspired by the Olympic victories and the gold medal in his luggage, he also played against Querée and kept a set with him in the third game.
Next Wednesday, the focus will be mainly on Kerber and Koepfer. When the top German player was considering taking revenge on her conqueror Angelina Karinina in Paris, Koepfer had to deal with Daniel Medvedev. The second in the world from Russia, together with Djokovic and Zverev, has the greatest chance of victory in the American metropolis.
