2023-08-31 21:51:00
Alexander Zverev won the German duel once morest Daniel Altmaier on Thursday (08/31/2023) and reached the third round of the US Open. There he will be the only individual player from the DTB team for men and women.
Zverev defeated Altmaier in four hard-fought sets 7: 6 (7: 1), 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3 and converted his first match point following 3:43 hours. “Daniel has talent for getting good players to play badly once morest him. That’s also an art,” said Zverev. “Tennis is a lot of emotion. You can find it in a match, you can lose it. I think I found it very well in the third and fourth sets. It clicked there and then it was clearer,” said Zverev .
In the third round, the number 12 seeded German meets Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrow. The 32-year-old former ATP Finals champion won a duel between two prominent veterans 6: 3, 6: 4, 6: 1 once morest two-time Wimbledon winner Andy Murray, who triumphed in New York in 2012.
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In the round of 16, the world ranking sixth Jannik Sinner, who easily defeated compatriot Lorenzo Sonego on Thursday, might be the first really big chunk for Zverev.
John Isner, on the other hand, missed the entry into the third round. The local hero lost to his compatriot Michael Mmoh 6:3, 6:4, 6:7 (3:7), 4:6, 6:7 (7:10) and said goodbye in tears following a marathon match over 4:01 hours from the tennis stage. Isner had already announced before the tournament that he wanted to end his career followingwards.
German women without a chance
For women, Eva Lys and Tamara Korpatsch were the last German players to be eliminated in the second round of the US Open. The 21-year-old Lys from Hamburg lost to the Italian Lucia Bronzetti 3: 6, 2: 6 and missed the first entry into the round of the top 32. Korpatsch was 3: 6, 3: 6 once morest the number 14 seeded Russian Ljudmila Samsonova also without a real chance of winning. This means that all five German players who started in the individual competition of the Grand Slam tournament in New York are out.
Lys was treated several times during the game and was lying on his back. She fought her way through qualification with strong performances and did not drop a set in her first round win once morest American Robin Montgomery. She had never previously won a main round match in a Grand Slam. Korpatsch would also have been in the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. For the first time since 2009, the US Open will take place without a German woman.
Two of the co-favorites held themselves harmless. Second seeded Aryna Sabalenka easily defeated Britain’s Jodie Burrage 6-3, 6-2 and Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova defeated Martina Trevisan 6-2, 6-2. Also successful was Elina Switolina, who defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkowa 5:7, 6:4, 6:4.
Successes and setbacks in the doubles competition
In doubles there are still two players in the tournament. Laura Siegemund won following her bitter elimination in singles once morest Coco Gauff alongside Vera Zvonareva with 7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 4 once morest the US duo Caroline Dolehide/Asia Muhammad. On Wednesday Tatjana Maria had already moved into the second round with Aratxa Rus.
In the men’s game, number ten seeded German doubles Tim Pütz and Kevin Krawietz failed in the opening match once morest French Quentin Halys and Gregoire Barrere 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 7 (6:10). The day before, Andreas Mies and American Mckenzie McDonald were the only DTB pros to survive the first round. A consolation for Krawietz and Pütz: Both won their opening matches before their joint doubles in mixed.
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