Tennis Masters: Zverev kicks off in Indian Wells

Indian Wells – Olympic tennis champion Alexander Zverev unexpectedly lost his opening match at the Indian Wells Masters and was eliminated early.

In his first singles appearance on the ATP Tour since he panicked in Acapulco two weeks ago, he lost to Tommy Ball of the United States on Sunday night (local time) 2:6, 6:4, 6:7 (2:7) and missed About moving to the third round. In one of the most important tournaments of the year, no German left. At the concurrent WTA tournament, Angelique Kerber reached the round of 16.

Kerber on – Koepfer and Otte

Zverev got a first-round goodbye in the hard-court event, which is worth approximately $8.6 million. Despite his furious attack two weeks earlier in Acapulco, when he attacked the referee’s chair with his racket after defeat in the doubles, Hamburger was allowed to compete in Indian Wells. Imprisonment suspended for eight weeks and a fine of $25,000 for one year.

Before Zverev, Dominic Kupfer and Oscar Otti were already eliminated in the second round. Kupfer defended himself against Russian Andrei Rublev for a long time, but lost 5: 7 and 4: 6 and lost a surprise to the seventh seed in the tennis world. Otti forced the third set to 11th seed Paul Hubert Hurkacz and lost 3:6, 6:3, 3:6 in the end. Philip Kohlschreiber, Jan-Lennard Struve and Daniel Altmaier were eliminated in the first round.

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