ATP Masters Rome: Zverev starts against Baez, Schwartzman with comeback victory
Alexander Zverev meets Sebastian Baez after a bye at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Rome. The Argentine won his first tournament on the tour a few days ago.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: May 10, 2022, 03:45 pm
Alexander Zverev has to take a two-day break to start again in the Foro Italico with a reasonably fully charged battery. On Sunday, the German number one left Madrid quite frustrated, where after a nightly semi-final against Stefanos Tsitsipas a few hours later he had no chance against Carlos Alcaraz in the final. So now Zverev is in Rome, going into the tournament there as number two.
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He was really through, but quite happy, said Zverev in an interview with Sky on Tuesday. And after a bye tomorrow, Wednesday, he will play against Sebastian Baez. Who already had to do a fair amount of work to even get the meeting with Zverev. Because although the Argentine won his first title on the ATP tour in Estoril and was among the top 50 players in the world rankings for the first time, Baez had to go through the qualification in Rome. And in round one on Tuesday against Tallon Griekspoor in three sets.
Schwartzman's comeback
Zverev, who won his first tournament in the 1000 series in Rome in 2017 (with an unchallenged final victory against Novak Djokovic), is of course the favorite in the game with the 21-year-old from Buenos Aires. The two have never played against each other. There is good news from the Olympic champion's bench: For the first time since the US Open 2021, father Alexander Zverev sr. with you again.
Another Argentinian showed a remarkable match on Tuesday on the Campo Centrale: Diego Schwartzman was already 0: 3 behind in the third set against Miomir Kecmanovic, made a first comeback, then fended off two match points from his opponent at 4: 5 - and was able to at 6:5 do not serve to win. In the tie-break, however, Schwartzman played smarter than Kecmanovic. And after a playing time of 2:44 hours, he won 6:2, 3:6 and 7:6 (3). Diego Schwartzman's next opponent will be Marcus Giron from the USA.
Here the single tableau in Rome
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