a year Ago, the best German tennis player, was eliminated in the third round derAustralian Openaus, because he had been surprised by the resilience of the South Korean outsider Hyeon Chung. After the 21-year-old Hamburger had gambled away his lead, he suffered something of a collapse of the system and lost the decision-set the chance to 0:6.
Peter Hess
sports editor.
F. A. Z.
On Thursday his engagement developed in the second round, with Frenchman Jeremy Jardy, although again not in the way Zverev planned it and all of them had expected. This time, however, the fifth passage ended with a Happy End, after he had given the two-set lead. To 3:46 hours of play Zverev took advantage of a quarter of an hour after midnight, his second match ball 7:6 (7:5), 6:4, 5:7, 6:7 (6:8), 6:1 – the next maturity test is passed. He and his Team were not working with the aim to stay in critical situations quiet. “I’m an emotional player and I’m sticking to it. I see this not as a disadvantage as the other. Today I was calmer, there will be games, since the less will be the case. But I’m a player that can tear down in important moments.“
Sometimes, but not in the past. Until now, the world reached a ranking of fourth in Grand Slam tournaments, the quarter-finals, 2018 in Paris. If he would make a appearance as against Chardy to default, that might help, however, even in the case of the four largest tournaments to celebrate great successes. Zverev showed against the French in the nerve-wracking moments there’s no sign of mental weakness or tenseness of his opponent in the final set strength.
“I wanted to win this Match, no matter how,” said Zverev, and added. “And I knew that if I stay strong, I’ll get the Chance.” Ways to decide the encounter early, had the Hamburger had enough. He missed several opportunities to finish in the third set of the match at the first opportunity in the fourth set, he could not use in the Tie-Break the match ball. “I had the feeling that I would have made a lot of stupid errors. But almost always, Jeremy freed himself with his Forehand. He has played after the second set of on an incredible level,“ said Zverev the French. Even in the last passage, the ended had to fight the German. It was only when he rose after fending off three Break points at 5:0, the Hamburger a bit to relax. “What was tucked away for a great Match, you have seen once again, why is Chardy for the Top players is too dangerous,” commented the Hamburger the discussion at a high level, he passed all the setbacks.
While the number 36 in the world no longer had a ranking in the fifth set in a phased manner quite as agile as in the fourth, could Zverev even once. “I played more aggressive, and he wasn’t the Freshest,” said the world ranking fourth. And he believes that he can repeat such a performance: “You can be nervous and the energy in each Five-set Match. But the season has only just begun, and I have until the next day game a free. That should be enough.“ Immediately after the confrontation Zverev was jumped in a Eistonne. Directly after the Media events, he asked his physiotherapist to treat. On Saturday, he meets the Australian qualifiers Alex Bolt, the eliminated to the delight of the local Fans, on Thursday the 29th seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon in five sets. The next appearance in the biggest stadium of the plant is waving.
