Hamburg (SID) – Tennis professional Australian Open – draw: German duel for Alexander Zverev, huge task for Andrea Petkovic”>Peter Gojowczyk is still waiting for his first win in 2022. After first-round defeats at the ATP tournament in Melbourne and at the Australian Open, the 32-year-old from Munich now also suffered a direct defeat in Montpellier. Gojowczyk lost to Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 5:7, 2:6.
The German number one Alexander Zverev is also at the start of the tournament, but initially received a bye as the top seeded player. The 24-year-old from Hamburg has already won the event in 2017 and wants to gain match practice after the disappointing round of 16 at the Australian Open.
Zverev also served in doubles with his pal Marcelo Melo from Brazil but conceded a 3-6, 4-6 defeat to Jonathan Erlich/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Israel/France) on Tuesday.
