Olympia 2024 News from today: Zverev sends a message to Kerber

2024-07-29 05:12:58

Olympic tennis champion Alexander Zverev reached the second stage of the Summer Games in Paris with a commanding victory. The 27-year-old from Hamburg won his first game against Spaniard Jaume Munar on Sunday evening 6:2, 6:2.

Zverev’s next opponent is Czech Tomas Macac, number 39 in the world. A German number has a nice draw; Only in the semi-finals did Serbia’s top star Novak Djokovic threaten to face a strong challenge.

Zverev is still in Paris with Laura Siegemund in mixed doubles initially, the duo was number one. Zverev will also play there on Monday in round one Macac, accompanied by Czech compatriot Katerina Siniakova start.

In addition to Zverev, German men also arrived Jan-Lennard Struff (Warstein) and Maximilian Marterer (Nuremberg) the second individual round. Struff had no trouble winning 6:2, 6:2 against Portugal’s second seed Francisco Cabral. Marterer won a match against Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) 6:3, 6:7 (6:8), 6:3. (sid)