Heim tournament in Halle
Alexander Zverev troubled into the next round with difficulty
19.06.2025 – 9:14 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Alexander Zverev can continue to dream of his first grass title at the tournament in Halle. But he had to do hard work.
Alexander Zverev has confirmed its lawn form and is in the quarter-finals at the ATP tournament in the Westphalian Hall. Against Lorenzo Sonego from Italy, the world ranking in three sets in three sets with 3: 6, 6: 4, 7: 6 (7: 2). In the next round, Zverev will meet the Italian Flavio Cobolli on Friday.
The start of the game was for the German bumpy. Zverev could not use its possibilities in the first sentence and was quickly behind. But the 28-year-old found two better into the game in round, served more and equalized after around 80 minutes.
In the crucial third set, both players held their service games – a tie -break had to bring the decision. There Zverev showed nerve strength, dominated the short decision and converted his first match ball after 2:23 hours. It was his fifth victory in the fifth comparison with Sonego.
After the competitive success, the Hamburg -born cheered loudly and jumped up on the Center Court. The audience in the OWL Arena rewarded him with great applause.
Zverev had already convinced at the preparation tournament in Stuttgart and only failed there in the final at Taylor Fritz. The start of the Grand Slam tournament in Wimbledon is scheduled for June 30th. There, Zverev wants to attack his first Grand Slam title again after the quarter-finals in Paris.