ATP Masters Montreal: Alexander Zverev part of the surprise orgy
At the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Montreal, the three top seeded pairings were eliminated. Responsible for this: Alexander Zverev.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Aug 06, 2019, 09:49 am
Germany's Davis Cup captain Michael Kohlmann may have found his doubles for the national fights with Tim Pütz and Jan-Lennard Struff, but Kohlmann never tires of emphasizing that at least one other top duo is available with Alexander and Mischa Zverev. Not to mention the French Open champions Andreas Mies and Kevin Krawietz. In any case, the German number one in singles and Mies / Krawietz supported this assessment at the start of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Montreal. On a day when the double favorites in Canada tumbled.
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Zverev, for example, found himself in Montreal with Andrey Rublev, the Russian recently showed ascending form with his participation in the final in Hamburg. Zverev / Rublev defeated the third placed duo Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares with 6: 3 and 7: 6 (3). Wimbledon winners and tournament favorites Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, who lost to the Dutchmen Robin Haase and Wesley Koolhof in two sets, must also start their journey home.
And Krawietz and Mies themselves made sure that another set pair flew out in round one: The two Germans defeated the eight-ranked duo Franko Skugor and Nikola Mektic with 7: 5, 4: 6 and 10: 6.