MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian Open started Sunday, and third-seeded Alexander Zverev overcame a sluggish begin to emerge strongly by means of his first-round match in opposition to rising star Gabriel Diallo.
Zverev, who completed runner-up at Melbourne Park final 12 months, faltered within the first set in opposition to the 24-year-old Canadian, however then bounced again with a robust serve to win 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 at Rod Laver Enviornment. He has reached the second spherical at Melbourne Park for 10 consecutive years.
“To be trustworthy, I wasn’t too pleased after I noticed the draw,” Zverev mentioned in an on-court interview concerning the troublesome problem posed by Diallo, ranked forty first. “He is very younger, very proficient and extremely aggressive.
“I do not suppose the primary set was my greatest tennis. I used to be pondering, ‘It could’t get any worse.'” After that, issues acquired so much higher for me. ”
No. 20 Flavio Cobolli grew to become the primary seeded participant to be eradicated from the event, dropping 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-1 to British qualifier Arthur Ferry.
Additionally, No. 18 seed Francisco Cerundro defeated Zhang Zhizhen 6-3, 7-6 (0), 6-3, and No. 32 seed Corentin Moutet held off Tristan Schoolkeit 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-3, ending with an underarm serve on match level.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
