As happened in his debut in the grass season against his compatriot Oscar Otte, the German Alexander Zverevsecond favorite, suffered this Wednesday to overcome the second round of the Halle tournament before the Italian Lorenzo Sonegowhom he defeated by 6-4 y 7-6 (5) in one hour and 44 minutes of play.
The player from Hamburg, recent finalist at Roland Garros and twice finalist in Halle (2016 and 2017), had enough to keep his serve intact and take advantage of one of the six break opportunities available to him in the first set to win it. 6-4 after 48 minutes of play.
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There was more equality in the second set, in which both tennis players kept their serve and took the match to a tie-break in which Sonego lost his serve three times, which Zverev took advantage of to win the duel by hitting his first point. game.
This is the German’s fourth victory over the Italian in as many matches. His next opponent in the quarterfinals will be Frenchman Arthur Fils, number 37 in the ATP, who previously beat German Dominik Koepfer 6-3, 6-4.
2024-06-19 19:55:40
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