ATP Masters Madrid: Jan-Lennard Struff is defeated by Alexei Popyrin in round one
Jan-Lennard Struff was eliminated in the first round of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Madrid. The German lost to Alexei Poyrin in two sentences.
by SID / tennisnet
last edit: May 04, 2021, 03:27 pm
Tennis professional Jan-Lennard Struff experienced a bitter disappointment at the clay court masters in Madrid two days after his first final on the ATP tour. The 31-year-old Warsteiner lost on Tuesday in the first round against Australian qualifier Alexei Popyrin 3: 6, 6: 7 (4). The 21-year-old now meets Jannik Sinner.
After Struff's defeat, only Alexander Zverev (Hamburg) and Dominik Koepfer (Furtwangen) are represented at the 2.5 million euro tournament from a German perspective.
Zverev against Nishikori, Koepfer against Garin
It was not until Sunday that Struff was in a final at professional level for the first time in his 171th tournament participation in Munich, but lost in two sets against the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili. As a result, the German number two improved by four places to 40th in the world rankings.
Germany's top player Zverev only intervenes on Wednesday after a bye in round one, the world number six will face the former top 10 player Kei Nishikori (Japan) . Koepfer meets Cristian Garin (Chile / No. 16) in his second round match.
Here the single tableau in Madrid
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