Friday, September 3rd, 2021
Chance of the round of 16
Kerber and Zverev impress at the US Open
At the Grand Slam tournament in New York, Alexander Zverev outclasses his opponent Albert Ramos-Vinolas – and Angelique Kerber continues in round three. But not only the two German tennis stars are heading for the round of 16: Oscar Otte, number 144 in the world, can also hope.
Alexander Zverev impressed at the US Open with a clear warning sign in just 74 minutes, Angelique Kerber returned the favor after a short night. The two German model tennis players made an impressive third round at the Grand Slam tournament in New York. Also noteworthy is the triumph of qualifier Oscar Otte, who after a 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2 against US professional Denis Kudla also plays for a place in the round of 16. The 28-year-old from Cologne, world number 144, defeated the US professional Denis Kudla 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 2 and thus secured his best result in one of the four most important tennis tournaments.
“I’m looking forward to what’s coming now,” said Olympic champion Zverev after showing the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas a class difference with his 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 success: “I tried like this to play as well as possible. That worked well. It’s great that I finished in three sets and played under an hour and a half. I’ll need the energy in the remaining matches. “
Kerber reciprocates against Kalinina
Kerber still had enough energy left in her 6: 3, 6: 2 revenge against Anhelina Kalinina from the Ukraine, although she had hardly slept due to the violent storm. “It was a complete chaos. By the time I was actually in bed, it was around four or five o’clock. This morning the alarm went off at 9 o’clock, so the night was actually very short,” said the Kiel woman, because of her game scheduled for Wednesday the rain had been postponed, at Eurosport: “That is why it was important to concentrate from the beginning.”
Against the world rankings-76. the Kiel woman made it much better this time than three months ago. It was against this Kalinina that Kerber had shown a partly indisputable performance at the French Open in Paris and was eliminated in the first round. But the three-time Grand Slam winner has now shaken off this low. The 33-year-old appears again with significantly more aggressiveness – and she will urgently need it for the next task. The German number one competes against former US Open winner Sloane Stephens on Friday.
Becker: He’s become a different player
Zverev took his show of power routinely. The hamburger took the momentum from winning the gold medal at the summer games in Tokyo and the title at the US Open preparatory tournament in Cincinnati to New York. “He shows on the pitch that he has become a different player,” said Boris Becker. Against the world number 48. Ramos-Vinolas was Zverev’s tennis player clearly better in all respects right from the start. “It was a good day. I think Albert didn’t show his best tennis. I’m playing okay at the moment,” said Zverev.
At the beginning, the 33-year-old left-hander from Barcelona gave the German number one his first service game with unforced errors. Zverev’s break to 1: 0 was followed by more to 4: 1 and 6: 1. The fact that the Spaniard kept his service game at 1: 2 should remain his only game win for a long time. Because the US Open finalist of 2020 just continued like this with a refreshing naturalness. With three more breaks, Zverev gave the Spaniard the maximum penalty in the second set.
In 2020, he was only two points short of his first Grand Slam title in the final against the injured Austrian Dominic Thiem in this tennis arena, this missed success is what drives him. When Ramos-Vinolas finally managed to win the game again to make it 3-1 in the third set, the audience applauded encouragingly. A little later, however, Zverev had his 13th win in a row. He wants to keep winning against Jack Sock from the USA or Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan. As the fourth German, Peter Gojowczyk is still there.
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