Alexander Zverev started in Munich with a work victory in the ATP-500 tournament. In the end, the 27-year-old clearly prevailed against the Frenchman Alexandre Müller.
Alexander Zverev, currently number three in the world rankings, wants to collect self-confidence and world ranking points after difficult weeks at the ATP tournament in Munich. With the 6.4; On Monday, he laid the foundation for a successful tournament 6: 1 opening success against the Frenchman Alexandre Müller.
“He is a great clay player,” Zverev initially praised the difficult opponent. And then added radiantly: “It was a good start for me.” He hoped that it will be a long week in Munich for him. “I want to play my best tennis again – and that was a very good step in the right direction,” he said in the Sky interview.
Zverev fights through: every point worked hard
At the start, the 27-year-old showed himself in a playful mood in pleasant temperatures and sunshine on the center court at the Aumeister. At the ATP-500 tournament endowed with 2.5 million euros, Zverev started against Alexandre Müller with an early break. However, the Frenchman didn’t want to do it very easily. The 28-year-old stuck against it and let Zverev work hard for every point. In addition, he recovered Zverev’s 3: 1 lead and equalized by break to 3: 3.
The Frenchman, who, unlike Zverev, was able to win a tournament this season, became more offensive, but the Hamburg -born did not give up and took advantage of the opportunity to go to the second break – it was 5: 4. Zverev clumsy his hand and roared: “Let’s go!” After 45 minutes he served to win the set. With a volley worth seeing, the 27-year-old earned the first set 6: 4.
Triumph in the second sentence: Zverev leaves Müller no chance
In the second set, too, it looked like a quick break for Zverev, but Müller initially thwarted the request and even missed the chance to take the lead with his own surcharge. In the narrow duel, the German then rewarded the break to 2-1 and then added 3-1 with his whole class.
According to plan for the world ranking third, which now did not want to give the game out of his hand and the next break won the 4-1 lead. With the 5-1, Müller was finally pulled the tooth. After 80 minutes, Zverev had the match ball and confidently converted to 6-1.
Other German players in the main field include the world ranking 51. Jan-Lennard Struff and Daniel Altmaier (No. 68).
Source: BR24 on BR television 14.04.2025 – 6:30 p.m.
