Indian Wells
Zverev reaches the round of 16 after a three-set thriller
Alexander Zverev reached the round of 16 in Indian Wells. photo
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Olympic champion Alexander Zverev reached the round of 16 at the Masters in Indian Wells. The 25-year-old from Hamburg won against the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 7: 5, 1: 6, 7: 5.
Olympic champion Alexander Zverev reached the round of 16 at the Masters in Indian Wells. The 25-year-old from Hamburg won against the Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 7: 5, 1: 6, 7: 5.
“From the second set he played much, much better than me. In the third set I thought he was the better player and I just found a way,” said the 25-year-old of the German Press Agency. He didn’t play his best tennis, “I was far away from that. But I’ve always had my difficulties with the conditions here and lost 7: 6 in the third for the last two years. Today I just found a way to win. I I’m still in the tournament, that’s the main thing for me,” said Zverev.
At the $10.1 million hard court tournament, Zverev had to fight on the center court in the midday sun for 2:40 hours and leave a very weak second set behind.
In his career it is the third round of 16 participation in the competition in the Californian desert. The man from Hamburg has never made it past the quarter-finals. It was only the second time he had won at least two games in a row at a tournament since suffering a serious ankle injury at the French Open last summer. “It is especially important now after this phase to win such matches,” he said.
In the round of 16 he now has to deal with former world number one Daniil Medvedev from Russia, who has been playing in impressive form for weeks.