Olympia 2020: Djokovic and Zverev drawn in the upper half, Kohlschreiber against Tsitsipas
Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev were drawn into the upper half of the tableau at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The opening tasks for the two are feasible.
by SID
last edit: Jul 22, 2021, 07:49 am
Germany's top player Alexander Zverev has had an easy start for the Olympic tennis tournament - for Philipp Kohlschreiber, Laura Siegemund and Mona Barthel, however, it comes straight off the bat. The fourth-placed Zverev (24) faces Lu Yen-Hsun in the first round, the Taiwanese is only number 573 in the world. The hamburger could meet the tour dominator and top favorite Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.
Jan-Lennard Struff, on the other hand, threatens a second-round duel with the world number one from Serbia, who is on the hunt for the Golden Slam after the successes at the Grand Slam tournaments in Melbourne, Paris and Wimbledon, after an opening win against the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro . Djokovic meets the Bolivian Hugo Dellien at the beginning.
The 37-year-old veteran Kohlschreiber caught the French Open finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas (No. 3) from Greece in the draw on Thursday. No less difficult are the opening hurdles for Siegemund against the Ukrainian Elina Switolina (No. 4) and Barthel against the former French Open winner Iga Swiatek (Poland / No. 6). The opener for Dominik Koepfer with Facundo Bagnis from Argentina is much more grateful. The individual matches start on Saturday.
The highly anticipated comeback of the Japanese star player Naomi Osaka, who had taken a break in terms of her mental health since the French Open, begins in the first round against the Chinese Zheng Saisai. Wimbledon winner Ashleigh Barty (Australia) will be challenged at the start by the Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo. - The first round matches in individual with German participation:
Alexander Zverev (Hamburg / No. 4) - Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan)
Jan-Lennard Struff (Warstein) - Thiago Monteiro (Brazil)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Augsburg) - Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece / No. 3)
Dominik Koepfer (Furtwangen) - Facundo Bagnis (Argentina)