Such a match has rarely been seen with Olympic champion Alexander Zverev: he led against Taylor Fritz in Indian Wells and had two match balls. But then his luck took a turn.
Tennis Olympic champion Alexander Zverev surprisingly lost in the quarterfinals against American Taylor Fritz at the Masters in Indian Wells. The fourth in the world rankings completely lost the thread at the end of the game, missed two match points on Friday (local time) and lost to the Californian 6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 7 (3: 7). Against number 39 in the world rankings, it was only Zverev’s second defeat since leaving Wimbledon in early summer. Since then he had only lost to Novak Djokovic at the US Open.
Fritz now meets Nikolos Bassilashvili in the semifinals. The Georgian had previously unexpectedly won against the third in the world rankings, Stefanos Tsitsipas from Greece, 6: 4, 2: 6, 6: 4. Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov and Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie will face off in the other semi-final of the $8.76 million hard court tournament in California.
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