Alexander Zverev not only had trouble with his opponent in Cincinnati. The conditions on outdoor pitch 4 also affected him at times.
Hamburg (SID) Alexander Zverev looked much friendlier again when the Olympic champion wrote his autograph on oversized tennis balls. The 26-year-old from Hamburg had previously been very annoyed when he reached the round of 16 in Cincinnati 7: 5, 6: 4 against the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka. In the first set, loud music from the speakers in the neighboring square repeatedly threw him out of concentration.
“We’re playing in one of the most important tournaments of the year. Why can’t you just turn it off?” Asked the former world number two angrily. The officials tried to improve. Zverev lost his rhythm for a short time, but then fought his way through in the second set and was able to breathe deeply after almost two hours.
The next intermediate step is done, now a tricky task awaits the top German player in the round of 16. He meets the strong Russian Daniil Medvedev, whom he has already lost three times this year. And with whom he wasn’t really green in the end.
Zverev, tournament winner of 2021 at the Western and Southern Open of Cincinnati, also fought a verbal duel with Medvedev in April. After a game in Monte Carlo, he called the former US Open champion “one of the most unfair players we have in the world.” Medvedev rejected this.
2023-08-16 19:44:01
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