The American made life difficult for “Sascha” for three sets but was unable to maintain his breaks in advance at key moments of the first two rounds. Zverev also showed himself to be far superior to the American in the tie-breaks, ultimately winning 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/0), 2-6, 6-1 at the at the end of 3h28 of play.
Olympic champion in 2021, Zverev won for the first time in his career against Paul, after two defeats in 2020 and 2022.
“I should have been down two sets to zero, I wasn’t playing very well and he was. I don’t really know how, but I won the first set, the second… and the fourth set was the best that I played” on Tuesday, said the German.
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