The ATP Cup is over for Alexander Zverev and Co. Against Canada there is the second defeat in the third game. The end is already certain. That creates motivation problems.
The German tennis men missed the semifinals of the ATP Cup. Olympic champion Alexander Zverev and Co. lost 2-1 to Canada in Sydney and thus suffered their second defeat.
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The preliminary round was already clear before the match because Great Britain had won 2-1 in the first game of the day against the USA. Because Germany had lost to the British at the beginning, a win against Canada would not have been enough to advance because of the poorer direct comparison with Great Britain.
Instead, Canada will face Russia on Saturday (7.30 a.m. / CET). In the first semi-final on Friday (7.30 a.m. / CET), Spain and Poland will play against each other.
Both singles are lost
The defeat against Canada was already sealed after the two singles. After Jan-Lennard Struff initially lost 6: 7 (5: 7), 6: 4, 3: 6 despite a strong performance against Denis Shapovalov, Zverev also had to defeat 4: 6, 6: 4 in the top individual Felix Auger-Aliassime , 3: 6 beaten. For the German number one it was the first defeat of the new year. In the meaningless doubles, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz won against Steven Diez and Brayden Schnur 6: 3, 6: 4.
«It was very difficult mentally. With the US defeat half an hour before the Struff game, we had the certainty that we couldn’t go any further. You don’t play for anything, ”said Zverev. «My motivation in the first two sentences was not the highest. It was tough, ”admitted the 24-year-old. «We wanted to play well here. We had a chance with the team to win the ATP Cup. Unfortunately we didn’t make it. “
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