Tennis professional Alexander Zverev has successfully started the dress rehearsal in front of the US Open and is in the third round at the Masters in Cincinnati.
After a freely in round one, the Hamburg 6: 3, 6: 3, which was set to number three, won against the American Nishesh Basavareddy. In the hard court tournament, which is endowed with a total of around $ 9.2 million (around 7.9 million euros), the Tokyo Olympic champion now meets Brandon Nakashima from the USA.
“I am satisfied how I played”said Zverev, who left the Masters in Toronto in the semi -finals last week: “It was an unfortunate end to have match ball and still lose it is never easy. But I’m looking forward to what is ahead of me.” He hoped for a few more games and duels with the top people.
Zverev gets all the breaks of the game
Zverev controlled the first set and won the first break of the game at 3: 2. In the first match since the semi-finals at the Masters in Toronto, the 28-year-old looked calm and confidently, even if a point did not go in his direction. With the second break to 6: 3, he made the set win perfect.
In the second round, too, a Break Zverev was made for the preliminary decision, in the 4: 2 he benefited from slight mistakes from his opponent. Basavareddy managed early in the second round without a successful first serve, but played hopeless stop balls several times and made Zverev easy. With an ace, Zverev used his second match ball after only 66 minutes.