ATP Geneva: Alexander Zverev in the final after a tough fight against Federico Delbonis
Alexander Zverev is in the final of the ATP 250 tournament in Geneva. The 22-year-old had to struggle hard in the 7-5, 6-7 (6) and 6-3 success against Federico Delbonis.
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: May 24, 2019, 07:13 pm
Zverev got off to a good start against the Argentinian and quickly took a 5-1 lead. However, the thread broke completely from nowhere in the German and so Delbonis was able to compensate for the 5: 5. Through this long detour, the fifth in the world rankings managed to win the set 7-5, but the German's performance was not convincing.
A similar picture emerged in the second sentence. Zverev made the break to 4: 2, but had to accept an immediate rebreak and lost the round with 6: 8 in the tie-break - even though he had previously been missing only two points to win the match at 5: 4.
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The 22-year-old appeared to be a bit flat due to his long match in the quarterfinals against Hugo Dellien , but benefited from many mistakes of his opponent at the beginning of the third section and took Delbonis' serve up to 2-1. Unlike in the previous two sets, Zverev no longer gave up the lead, made another break and took the hard-fought 7: 5, 6: 7 (6) and 6: 3 victory.
All in all, it was again a weak performance by the youngster who made massive, uncommon mistakes. Nevertheless: The final entry should give the top seed for the French Open starting on Sunday self-confidence. In the final of the 250 tournament on Saturday, however, Zverev will face Nicolas Jarry, who clearly defeated Radu Albot in the semifinals.