ATP Masters in Shanghai
No strength: Zverev has no chance against Russian Safiullin
Alexander Zverev was eliminated from the tennis tournament in Shanghai after his opening match. photo
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An exhausted Alexander Zverev was eliminated early from the ATP Masters in Shanghai. The tennis professional from Hamburg was defeated by the Russian Roman Safiullin 3:6, 1:6 and missed the round of 16 in the tournament worth 8.8 million US dollars.
An exhausted Alexander Zverev is at the ATP Masters Shanghai eliminated early. The tennis professional from Hamburg was defeated by the Russian Roman Safiullin 3:6, 1:6 and missed the round of 16 in the tournament worth 8.8 million US dollars.
The 26-year-old most recently won the tournament in Chengdu and reached the semi-finals at the China Open in Beijing last Tuesday. Zverev was already struggling with a cold and stomach problems there. In Shanghai he had a bye in the first round.
Yannick Hanfmann had previously been eliminated in the second round of the Masters. After leading a set, the 31-year-old from Weinheim had to admit defeat to number 29 seed Christopher Eubanks 6:4, 3:6, 2:6. After Hanfmann and Zverev left, Jan-Lennard Struff from Warstein is the only German still there. He also had a bye in the opening round.