Alexander Zverev also part of the David Ferrer farewell tour in Miami
Alexander Zverev starts the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Miami on Saturday. The German number one is dealing with an old acquaintance from Saturday to Sunday (1 a.m.CET, live on Sky and in our match tracker): David Ferrer.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Mar 23, 2019, 09:02 am
Basically, one can hardly blame David Ferrer in a tennis career. In the end, not at all, he would not have said goodbye to the outstanding representative of the next generation: After Alexander Zverev has already sent the wise Spaniard into the sunset in Acapulco, the German number one in Miami is now planning the same thing.
The amazing Mr. Ferrer, who started in Florida with a wildcard and was only active in Madrid until the 1000s, stayed with Sam Querrey, who was astonishing in other respects, for a short time, moving in with a 6: 3 and 6: 2 second round. And can once again measure himself against Alexander Zverev.
In the quarterfinals, Tsitsipas could wait for Zverev
A few days ago in Indian Wells, this matter would have been more exciting, Zverev was under the influence of high fever, a match against a long-distance runner like Ferrer would have been rather exhausting. In Miami, last year's finalist Zverev looks much healthier again, even though he had no order in double with Brother Mischa against the two Argentinians Maximo Gonzalez and Horacio Zeballos.
After Rafael Nadal's cancellation, Sascha Zverev is in second place in Miami, in the quarterfinals there could be a meeting with Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Greek already looked overplayed in Dubai, made it to the final there, in Indian Wells the end came in the first match against Félix Auger-Aliassime.
Last loss to Ferrer in 2016
Zverev's record against Ferrer is 4-2 wins, the last defeat dates from autumn 2016 in Beijing. Long forgotten the very first encounter in the same year at Hamburg's Rothenbaum, where Spaniard Zverev only had two games in the semi-finals. That would be a victory for the German