Loosely on the horror square
Zverev handles trauma processing in gentle gear
06/01/2023 10:59 p.m
Alexander Zverev makes it short – and this time above all “painless”. The 26-year-old tennis star is advancing into the third round of the French Open and is recovering from trauma on the court from last year’s horrific injury.
Alexander Zverev also successfully mastered his return to last year’s accident site at the French Open. The tennis Olympic champion reached the third round with a 6:4, 6:2, 6:1 against Slovakian Alex Molcan and showed a significant improvement in performance after his bumpy start. On the largest court at the clay court classic in Paris, the Court Philippe-Chatrier, Zverev injured his ankle in the semifinals against Rafael Nadal almost a year ago.
“I was so nervous, but the audience helped me a lot,” said Zverev: “I still love playing on this pitch.” The 26-year-old followed Daniel Altmaier with the sovereign victory in just 1:57 hours after his sensational success over Jannik Sinner in the round of the top 32. Zverev faces the American number twelve seeded Frances Tiafoe before the first sporting endurance test with these French Open. In the round of 16, there could be a duel between the only remaining German tennis professionals and Altmaier.
In contrast to the first round duel with the South African Lloyd Harris, which had been tight for a long time, Zverev presented himself much more aggressively. With the aggressiveness he gained, he immediately took the serve from Molcan in all three sets. The former world No.