Zverev fails again: surprising bankruptcy in Acapulco!

Zverev fails again: surprising bankruptcy in Acapulco!

In a big surprise, young US tennis player Learner Tien from California knocked German tennis star Alexander Zverev out of the competition at the 500 tournament in Acapulco. Tien, only 19 years old and number 83 in the world rankings, won clearly in the round of 16 with 6:3, 6:4 and thus caused another setback in the year so far for the German Open finalist from 2023, who was also eliminated quite early at the tournament in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires vienna.at reported.

Zverev, who competed in Mexico as the top seed, showed some weaknesses in the game against the left-hander. A particularly crucial mistake was an overhead ball that ruined his chance of a break in the first set. Despite a comfortable 4-1 lead in the second set, he was unable to maintain his lead and lost all five subsequent games, leading to a quick end to the tournament. With this defeat, Zverev has now failed to make it past the round of 16 in his last three tournaments in South and Central America web.de noted.

Additional failures of the favorites

Zverev's defeat becomes even clearer when you consider that other top favorites were also eliminated from the tournament. Both the Norwegian Casper Ruud and the American Tommy Paul did not take part in their encounter due to stomach problems. Additionally, Dane Holger Rune gave up a game while trailing 3-0 against Brandon Nakashima. The results lead to an unexpected and exciting quarter-final in which Learner Tien meets the Czech Tomas Machac, who also won.