Germany’s best tennis player starts strongly against Roberto Carballés Baena in the traditional tournament in London – and causes amazement in the audience.
A statement to start with: Alexander Zverev won his Wimbledon opening match 6:2, 6:4, 6:2 against Spaniard Roberto Carballés Baena with a performance that was at times furious, and is now in the second round. There, the German number one will face Marcos Giron from the USA or Briton Henry Searle.
After 1 hour and 53 minutes, the world number four converted the first match point. While the matches on the outdoor courts had to be interrupted several times on a rainy day in London, Zverev played his match on the second largest court under a closed roof. Angelique Kerber, on the other hand, had to wait for her match. Laura Siegemund made it to the second round after rain interruptions.
After Zverev’s victory, three of the six German tennis players are now in the second round. On Monday, Jan-Lennard Struff and Daniel Altmaier managed to advance. Yannick Hanfmann and Maximilian Marterer were eliminated, and Dominik Koepfer had to withdraw at short notice due to injury.
The first round match can be read in the ticker.
Roberto Carballes Baena – Alexander Zverev 2:6, 4:6, 2:6
3rd set, 2:6, 4:6, 2:6 – That’s when it happened. Alexander Zverev won his opening match at Wimbledon. And with an impressive performance. It took the German 1:53 hours to prevail against an opponent who was clearly inferior for long stretches but fought selflessly. In the last point, Carballés Baena fought back again and again, forcing errors from Zverev – and even had the chance for his first break after a backhand error. But the Hamburg player fended it off, it was a tie – and Zverev ultimately won the match with a backhand volley. Simply a very confident performance from the fourth-ranked player in the world rankings, who played great at times.
3rd set, 2:6, 4:6, 2:5 – Break for Zverev. Now things are moving very quickly. Zverev secures his opponent’s serve again and serves to win the match.
3rd set, 2:6, 4:6, 2:4 – Zverev is berating himself: at 30:0 he hits the next backhand into the net unnecessarily, making one or two careless mistakes. But he makes up for it with an ace and a backhand volley. But: Carballés Baena is more active in the third set, tries more – but he has to.
3rd set, 2:6, 4:6, 2:3 – Nice from Carballés Baena, who wins a service game to zero for the first time in the match. He finishes his service game with a great stop, unreachable for Zverev. He receives respectful applause from the crowd.
3rd set, 2:6, 4:6, 1:3 – Another overhead volley that Zverev just thunders into the net. His serve isn’t right either, at 30:30 he makes a double fault but fends off the first break point. But then he opens up the court well, lets Caballés Baena run a lot, plays it calmly to the end, provokes the next forehand error. And gets his service game through with a service winner.
3rd set, 2:6, 4:6, 1:2 – Carballés Baena stays close – but with a lot of effort. An ace, then a backhand error from the German, and the Spaniard is now on the scoreboard in the third set
3rd set, 2:6, 4:6, 0:2 – What’s going on? Zverev’s serves are no longer working, he makes three errors in the rally and is 0:40 behind. The crowd cheers on Carballés Baena, wanting to see a more balanced match. But Zverev comes back: a forehand winner, a backhand winner, a forced error from the Spaniard, then an ace – and the German prevents the break.
3rd set, 2:6, 4:6, 0:1 – Next break. Zverev then conjures up a great stop that even hits the edge of the net. The German apologizes fairly to his opponent. Then he picks up the pace again with a forehand to make it 40:30. Carballés Baena cannot return his backhand and Zverev has the serve.
2nd set, 2:6, 4:6 – Alexander Zverev closes the second set with his 15th ace. However, the 6:4 score reads much closer than the course of the game actually suggests. Zverev dominated this second set, hitting 91 percent of his first serves and hitting 23 winners.
2024-07-02 13:40:51
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