16:01
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 4: 1
Zverev now tries the backhand stop immediately after the surcharge, but is caught the fast Kovacevic with forehand cross. With a network attack on the Kovacevics, one -handed backhand gets stuck on the power edge, Zverev puts it to 15:15.
15:59
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 4: 1
With a long long return, Zverev brings himself to a good position and has a beautiful backhand longline winner followed. So there is the next breakball for the 28-year-old who keeps his 100 percent quota and the double break is found after a forehand Unorced terror from Kovacevic.
15:57
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 3: 1
Again, Kovacevic sets in the backhand stop immediately after the surcharge and, according to Zverev’s answer, remains aware of Cross, which is forehand the line down for the German. But it then puts it on 30:30 because Kovacevics forehand gets crossed on the power edge after the serve.
15:56
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 3: 1
Zverev’s long backhandreturn cannot control Kovacevic and probably also strikes the ball because of a place of space. Then the American Zverev briefly drives Cross with a strong angle on the backhand and forced the mistake of the German – 15:15.
15:55
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 3: 1
A Kovacevic backhandlice lands just behind the baseline what Zverev brings in three game balls. The world ranking 3. Use the first through his second ace – this time through the middle.
15:53
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 2: 1
Zverev starts his service game well with a stone backhand longline winner and, with his first ace, puts it out to 30: 0.
15:51
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 2: 1
With the long forehand retirement, Zverev moves into the field and attacks Cross with the subsequent backhand. Kovacevic’s backhand passage ball doesn’t make it over the net. So Zverev comes to his first breakball and uses it directly. Kovacevics Serve-and-Volley attempt fails, the backhand half of the volley goes online.
15:50
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 1-1
Kovacevic forgives his first game ball by clearly moving the forehand cross and putting on the side. And he cannot use the second either because his forehand lands deep on the net after the service. It goes to debut for the first time.
15:48
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 1-1
Kovacevics Retzwand-Stop immediately after the surcharge is too good and cannot be reached for Zverev. With a strong combination of a kick-up from the outside and forehand-inside-in-winner, Kovacevic then puts it to 40:15.
15:47
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 1-1
Zverev’s forehand retire on Kovacevic’s second surcharge lands just behind the baseline with a lot of pace. Then the German forgives with a long forehand inside-out Kovacevics errors for 15:15.
15:47
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 1-1
Zverev attracts his opponent by combination of a surcharge to the outside and forehand stop Longline. Kovacevics Weg is wide and his backhandlice gets stuck on the power edge. Zverev also easily brings his first service game.
15:46
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 0: 1
Kovacevic dominates the next rally and moves loons on the net by forehand, but he places the deep backhand volley next to the line. With a surcharge to the service winner, Zverev grabs two game balls.
15:45
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 0: 1
Zverev starts his first service game with a service winner through a surcharge on the body, but cannot control a long forehand longline from Kovacevic during the following ball change and puts his back on the side – 15:15.
15:42
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 0: 1
This time Zverev’s forehand return is crossed in the field with a good angle, Kovacevics forehand Longline does not make it over the net. The American can use his second game ball. After a forehand stop, he easily captures Zverev’s answer into the free corner by reverse.
15:42
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 0: 0
Zverev returns a good five meters behind the baseline and also ends his next forehand retire. With a nice forehand inside-out winner immediately after the surcharge, Kovacevic gets two game balls.
15:38
Alexander Zverev – Aleksandar Kovacevic 0: 0
Kovacevic begins with a surcharge through the middle, but puts the forehand longline on it. The 26 -year -old then has to over the second surcharge, serve it on the body and get the return error from Zverev whose backhand sails crossed into the end – 15:15.
15:35
Make up
Andrey Rublev moved into the round of 16 through a 6: 4 and 6: 3 success via Damir Dzumhur. So Kovacevic and Zverev can start on time, the two are already taking place. The American will open the game shortly.
15:26
First duel
Alexander Zverev and Aleksandar Kovacevic have not yet run into the tour. The German naturally goes into the game as a home-high favorite and would like to win a compulsory victory in front of his home audience.
15:25
Kovacevic shaped shape
Aleksandar Kovacevic has established himself in the top 100 and except for Monte Carlo in all Masters tournaments in the main field. However, it ended in the first round both on hard court in Indian Wells and Madrid and most recently on sand in Madrid and Rome. The right -handed ashes are not yet particularly comfortable on the red ashes and traveled to Hamburg with a series of defeats of five games in a row. After the early bankruptcies in Madrid and Rome, the 26-year-old drew for more matches on sand to the Challenger tournaments to Estoril and Bordeaux, but he also remained unsuccessful. It was better in the qualification in Hamburg in which he was able to conquer the German Wildcard Max Wiskandt and the Ukrainian Vital Sachko in two sets. The American has brought all of his six Challenger titles on hard court and only won three games on sand in his career-all of them on American soil in Houston. In February, the man with Serbian roots in Montpellier reached his first finale on the tour and was scarce Felix Auger Aliaassime.
15:15
Zverev collects game practice
In the short term, Alexander Zverev decided to take part in the Hamburg Open after the disappointing quarter-final against Lorenzo Musetti and wants to collect some game practice in front of the French Open next week. In his hometown, the world ranking in third place is in position one and the last two years have been in the final. In 2023, the German number one laslo Djere struck his first title in Hamburg, in 2024 he lost Arthur Fils in the third set tie break. The 28-year-old celebrated his only title of this season on German soil, but could not take the momentum to Madrid (round of 16 against Francisco Cerundolo) and Rome. In Hamburg, Zverev is to take a week before the second Grand Slam of the year match and above all victories.
15:01
Welcome to Alexander Zverev’s opening match at the ATP tournament in Hamburg against Aleksandar Kovacevic! Around 3:30 p.m. it should start what should also work, Andrey Rublev serves in the previous game against Damir Dzumhur to move into the round of 16.