Next disappointment for Alexander Zverev in the run-up to the U.S. Open: Germany’s top player has messed up the dress rehearsal for the final Grand Slam tournament of the year.
After a bye at the start of Alexander Zverev at the ATP had to be Masters in Cincinnati already in the first round to Dutchman Robin Haase with 7:5, 4:6, 5:7 beaten.
It was the second bitter failure for the 21-year-old Hamburger within five days. Already in the previous week he had lost as the defending champion at the tournament in Toronto in the quarter-final against 19-year-old Greeks Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Cincinnati is not a good patch for German professionals
However, it is Zverev already used to driving with an early exit in the baggage of the US Open. In the previous year, he had failed in Cincinnati after a bye to start off already in the second round, also at the US Open, second round From followed. Anyway, he waits at the Masters in Ohio, next to his first victory in the main field.
For many of the other German players Cincinnati proved to be not as good pavement. In the case of the men, had after Alexander Zverevs only his brother Mischa’s departure, against the Position five set Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov for the Chance to qualify from the group. Peter Gojowczyk lost his second-round match against the Grand-Slam record winner Roger Federer (Switzerland), Philipp Kohlschreiber and Maximilian Marterer was already in the first round of the final.
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