ATP Masters Rome: Alexander Zverev after winning work against Baez in the round of 16
With a rather laborious work victory against the Argentinian Sebastian Baez, Alexander Zverev reached the round of 16 at the Tennis Masters in Rome. The third in the world rankings won against the Estoril winner 7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 3 and will face Alex de Minaur (Australia) or Tommy Paul (USA) in the next round.
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last edit: May 11, 2022, 12:55 pm
Three days after his clear defeat against Spain's shooting star Carlos Alcaraz in the final in Madrid, Zverev was by no means in top form in his first match in the photo Italico. Without his reliable first serve and good forehand, it would have been extremely difficult for him against the quick-witted Baez.
The Argentine, 28 centimeters smaller than Zverev, only allowed the German a single return point in his first five service games before his service lost consistency in the tie-break of all places. After all, Baez equalized a 6-2 lead from Zverev before the native of Hamburg scored the last two points to make it 8-6 in the tie-break.
In the second round, Zverev also had big problems with his opponent and his own game, but in the end the native of Hamburg finally managed the break in the eighth game to make it 5: 3. After 1:29 hours, Zverev finally converted his first match point.
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