ATP Madrid: Alexander Zverev fights against Cilic
Keep your nerves, sense of achievement: Olympic tennis champion Alexander Zverev reached the round of 16 at the Masters in Madrid.
by SID / tennisnet
last edit: May 04, 2022, 04:09 pm
The 25-year-old defending champion from Hamburg prevailed 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4 in the second round against the Croatian Marin Cilic and now meets Sebastian Korda (USA) or Lorenzo Musetti (Italy).
Against the 2014 US Open winner, the third in the world rankings, who had a bye in the first round, improved over the course of the match, especially on the serve. Zverev then got through an early break in the third round. A week earlier in Munich he had failed in his opening match against eventual tournament winner Holger Rune (Denmark).
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Before starting in Madrid, Zverev had shown himself confident that his new coach Sergi Bruguera would help him out of the form crisis. He hopes that the two-time French Open winner from Spain will accompany him "for a very long time", said Zverev: "I need a coach, I need leadership."
Parallel to Zverev's victory there were two surprise successes: Dusan Lajovic beat Casper Ruud 7: 6 (7), 2: 6 and 6: 4, Daniel Evans defeated Roberto Bautista Agut 6: 3, 5: 7 and 7: 6 (2 ).
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