ATP Munich: Alexander Zverev loses against Ilya Ivashka
Alexander Zverevdid not follow Jan-Lennard Struff into the semifinals of the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Munich. The favorite of the BMW Open 2021 lost to Ilya Ivashka 7: 6 (5), 5: 7 and 3: 6.
by Jens Huiber
last edit: Apr 30, 2021, 05:03 pm
Almost two sentences were valid in the second quarter-finals at the ATP Tour 250 tournament in Munich: Whenever things got tight against Ilya Ivashka, Alexander Zverev showed his great class on Friday in Munich: First of all, the first sentence was about one Compensate for break arrears Zverev succeeded in this at the last possible moment to make it 5: 5. Ivashla had held up well in the tie-break for a long time, but Zverev was extremely patient on the very last two points and won the first act 7: 6 (5).
And in the second set it was the break to 5: 4 that supposedly tipped the balance in favor of the two-time champion of the BMW Open. However, Zverev did not serve to the semi-finals, but let Ivashka back into the match with a double error. The first real tremor of the favorite. And Ivashka used the momentum of his rebreak to take the second set against Zverev 7: 5.
The Belarusian proved that Ilya Ivashka is in good shape not only in Munich with surviving qualifications and two wins in the main draw, but also last week in Barcelona. Then he took a sentence from the eventual winner Rafael Nadal in round one.
No third match between Zverev and Struff in Munich
In Munich, Ivashka did not give up on the decision either. On the contrary: With the kind help of Zverev, the man from Minsk took the lead 3-1. The counterattack took place in the seventh game, Zverev managed the rebreak to 3: 4. Three double faults later, Ivashka was allowed to try his hand at serving. And the outsider from Belarus actually created the sensation after a playing time of 2:33 hours.
The 27-year-old meets Jan-Lennard Struff in Saturday's semi-finals, who was able to assert himself against Filip Krajinovic in a three-hour thriller in the tie-break of the third set.
Here the single tableau in Munich
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