Tennis Olympic champion Alexander Zverev has quickly reached the round of 16 of the ATP tournament in Madrid.
The 26-year-old had no trouble in the 6-1, 6-0 in the third round match against the overwhelmed French qualifier Hugo Grenier and converted his first match point after just 56 minutes.
Next opponent Alcaraz
In the match for the quarterfinals, Zverev meets the top seeded Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who defeated the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrow 6: 2, 7: 5 in the evening. “A very important match will be next. It will be a huge test – and I’m looking forward to it, too, »said Zverev on Sky.
In the second round, in a three-and-a-half-hour tour de force against the Spaniard Roberto Carballés Baena, he narrowly prevented an early exit.
Zverev: “I felt wonderful”
The hardships were not noticeable to the Hamburger. Zverev acted in a concentrated manner and also benefited from the passivity of his opponent, who had surprisingly knocked out Diego Schwartzman from Argentina and Sebastian Korda from the USA in the previous rounds.
Zverev, who triumphed at the 2018 and 2021 clay court tournament, needed just 24 minutes to win the first set and also dominated the second round at will.
“Of course I felt wonderful today, I played great,” said Zverev, who wanted to take advantage of Grenier’s noticeable nervousness: “Of course I saw it and maybe didn’t play as aggressively as I would have normally done.”