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“I think its incredibe to play in front of fans again.”-Alexander Zverev

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Last updated: 2021/02/08 at 6:50 PM
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German tennis star, Alexander Zverev was made to feel more than a little uncomfortable on Monday as he began his Australian Open campaign with a hard-fought victory.



Playing in a Grand Slam just two days after helping Germany reach the ATP Cup semi-finals, sixth seed Alexander Zverev dug deep to beat American tennis professional, Marcos Giron 6-7(8), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-2 in two hours and 42 minutes to secure a spot in the second round.

“He played incredibly well and played really well on the big stage against a Top 10 player”, said the German tennis star in an on court interview. “He had me on the ropes and the second set could have gone either way. I didn’t want to go two sets down. I am happy to get through and in the end I played better. The first round of a Slam is never easy.”

Marco’s Giron recovered from 2-4 down in the first set, but could not convert four set points in the tie-break at 6/3 and 7/6, before Zverev held a set-point chance of his own at 8/7. The American held on, striking a forehand winner, and earned three consecutive points to clinch the 59-minute opener.

I love this team so much ???????? Thanks for the incredible week! Now time to quickly recover and get ready for #AusOpen pic.twitter.com/H0yL4BcL7l

— Alexander Zverev (@AlexZverev) February 6, 2021

Zverev led 5-2 in the second set, but got frustrated with Giron’s potency as he won 20 of 22 first-service points. But the lapse was temporary as Zverev performed strongly in the tie-breaker, and went on to break early in the third and fourth sets.

“I think it’s incredible to play in front of fans again”, said Zverev. “That’s something that we missed over the last year or so… I still felt my abs and my back a little bit, so the serve wasn’t full power like it usually is. I barely managed to got over 210 Km/h on the serve, which is still quite fast, but for me I know I can go faster than that, so I had to vary it a little bit. I had to go for a lot of spin. All in all, he played well, and for me the longer the match went, the better I started playing. That’s something positive, I think.”

Zverev, who hit 50 winners, including 16 aces, against Giron, went 1-2 in singles play for Germany at last week’s ATP Cup in Melbourne. The 23-year-old will next play American qualifier Maxime Cressy, who defeated lucky loser Taro Daniel 7-6(1), 7-6(3), 6-4.

Alexander Zverev celebrating

Elsewhere, French No. 32 seed Adrian Mannarino knocked out Dennis Novak of Austria 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(2) and now plays Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic, who defeated Kamil Majchrzak of Poland 6-2, 6-4, 6-3.

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