The third seed in the world and first seed in the Cincinnati tournament unexpectedly lost in the men’s singles round of 16 with a score of 6:4, 6:7(6), 4:6 to the home player Tommy Paul (ATP-24).
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The German tennis star was very close to victory in both the second and third sets, but ultimately came away empty-handed.
In the second set tiebreak, Sascha even had a match point, but then played very passively, and the player’s main weapon, the backhand, flew into the net.
In the third set, A. Zverev first gained a break advantage at 4:2, but then completely collapsed – he lost his serve twice in a row and was eventually eliminated.
Tommy Paul, who reached his 50th ATP quarterfinal, is certainly not afraid to play against the German – this was already his third victory in four head-to-head matches.
The 29-year-old tennis player will face Italian tennis talent Flavio Cobolli (ATP-10) in the quarterfinals, who ended Rafael Jodar’s (ATP-11) run.
The other quarterfinal pairs are Arthur Fils (ATP-21) vs. Thiago Tirante (ATP-50), Lorenzo Musetti (ATP-15) vs. Frances Tiafoe (ATP-23), and Taylor Fritz (ATP-9) vs. Brandon Nakashima (ATP-22).
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