Status: 07/28/2023 8:31 p.m
Alexander Zverev can continue to dream of his first home win at the tennis tournament in Hamburg’s Rothenbaum. The tennis Olympic champion reached the semi-finals on Friday with a 6: 3, 6: 4 against Frenchman Luca Van Assche. Daniel Altmaier, on the other hand, failed in the quarter-finals.
His words sounded like farewell. “It was a wonderful ten years,” said Zverev after his confident win against Van Assche, but quickly added with a smile: “Don’t worry, I’m not stopping.” The world number 19. reveled in the past and remembered the start of his career at Hamburg’s Rothenbaum in 2013. That’s where he wants to make a dream come true by winning the tournament. “It’s my home tournament. It’s a big goal that I want to achieve,” explained Zverev.
In the semifinals against French Fils
The 26-year-old is still missing two wins. In the semifinals of the ATP clay court tournament, which is worth 1.832 million euros, the Hamburg player will face Frenchman Arthur Fils on Saturday. The 19-year-old won surprisingly smoothly 6:0, 6:4 against the top seeded Norwegian Casper Ruud. Zverev has not made it past the semi-finals in five appearances at Rothenbaum.
Zverev with a strong race to catch up in the second set
In the quarter-finals, number four seeded Zverev had few problems with the 19-year-old Frenchman in the first round. After a little more than 40 minutes, the Hamburg player won the first set 6:3 in front of his home crowd. The world number 19 had significantly more difficulties. on the other hand in the second sentence. Van Assche already led 4:1. But Zverev caught up point by point and after 1:29 hours converted the second match point with an ace into a two-set success.
Altmaier is eliminated in two sets
Previously, Altmaier had not been able to build on his strong performance against the Russian Andrej Rublev – after 83 minutes he had to admit defeat to the Chinese Zhang Zhizhen 4: 6, 4: 6. With a win against the world number 79. he could have broken into the top 50 players in the world for the first time. Zhang meets Laslo Djere in the semifinals on Saturday. The Serb defeated third-placed Italian Lorenzo Musetti 7-5, 6-3.
Early on Friday afternoon, Reinbeker Noma Noha Akugue continued her little tennis fairy tale and made it into the final of the WTA tournament. The 19-year-old clearly won against the Russian Diana Schnaider 6:3, 6:3 and is in the final against the Dutch Arantxa Rus on Saturday.
VIDEO: Tennis am Rothenbaum: Noha Akugue is in the final (2 min)
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Hamburg Journal | 07/28/2023 | 19:30 o’clock
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