Indian Wells:
Top seed Zverev already eliminated
Alexander Zverev was eliminated in his opening match at the Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells on Friday. After his walk-through, the 27-year-old world number two lost to Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor 6:4, 6:7(5), 6:7(4).
Since losing the final at the Australian Open, Zverev has lost four of eight matches. The German was able to fend off five match points in the 3:07 hour match, but Griekspoor (ATP No. 46) capitalized on the sixth. The Olympic champion from Hamburg thus also missed a chance to move closer to Jannik Sinner, who is currently banned for doping, in the rankings.
"Must first find my game again"
At the beginning, immediately after Sinner's ban was announced, he was still thinking about the chance to become number one in the world, said Zverev. "Less so now, because I'm just playing terribly. I have to find my game again before I can think about that - because you have to win tournaments to become world number one. And I can't get past the first or second round at the moment." His next attempt will be in Miami in two weeks' time.
Ruud also already out
While another highly-ranked player, Norway's number 4 seed Casper Ruud, was knocked out in his 6:7(4),6:3,2:6 defeat of Marcos Giron (USA), the tournament's numbers 5 and 8, Medvedev and Dubai winner Tsitsipas, progressed. Both celebrated two-set victories over Bu Yunchaokete (CHN) and Thiago Seyboth Wild (BRA) respectively.
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