Alexander Zverev returned to the ATP tour with a win. The German tennis star defeated in the second round of the ATP master in Toronto Adam Walton.
28 days after his painful round-off in Wimbledon, the Zverev, which was set in the absence of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, won 7: 6 (8: 6), 6: 4. In the first round, Zverev had a freewyle, his next opponent is the Italian Matteo Arnaldi. After the defeat of Daniel Altmaier, Zverev is the only remaining German in the first round of the Masters, which was died at $ 9.2 million.
Zverev had Toni Nadal peppered
Zverev had taken a tournament break in July after reporting on mental problems after his end in Wimbledon. Then he traveled to Mallorca and trained in the academy of Rafael Nadal with his uncle Toni. “I think the time -out in summer was extremely important to me”he said in Canada. Likewise the training at Nadal: “He is a personality who can also give you confidence.”
So far, however, there has been no long -term partnership. “I try to convince him to spend more weeks with me and we’ll see how it works. But he is a very busy man,” said Zverev. The best German tennis player has been trained by his father Alexander Senior since childhood. The collaboration with other trainers such as IVAN Lendl was usually only of short duration.
Zverev has good memories of Toronto
The Masters in Canada is the start of Zverev’s preparation for the US Open in New York (from August 24). At the tournament, which will be held with the women in Toronto and Montreal, Zverev won the title in 2017, at that time in the final against Roger Federer (Switzerland).