Tennis
Zverev and Fritz the “new” resounding eliminations of the second round of the Australian Open
The surprises in the second round of the Australian Open continued as Alexander Zverev was defeated 3-1 by Mikael Mo while Taylor Fritz was also left out after a 3-2 set loss to Alexei Popyrin.
After the great 5-set win over Juan Pablo Varillas, o Alexander Zverev After his serious injury last year in Paris, which ruled him out for 7 months, he was unable to continue his victorious return to major tournaments.
The former No. 2 and current No. 13 in the world rankings suffered a defeat on Thursday morning 6-7(1), 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 by American, No. 109 in the world, Michael Mo, who showed that he is still far from his best and that he lacks the stamina and physical condition and so his course at the Australian Open was abandoned.
Not even the funny incident with the tick on Zverev’s head brought luck to the German, who is now healthy and it’s only a matter of time before he’ll be in top form again.
In the 3rd round of the Australian Open, Mo meets his compatriot JJ Wolff.
Taylor Fritz, who had big dreams and ambitions in Melbourne, was ruled out at the Open. World No. 9 suffered a painful loss to Australian wild card world No. 113 Alexei Popyrin 6-7(4), 7-6(2), 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-2 and say goodbye to the island early.
Fritz managed to create just two break chances in the match and after leveling the set at 2-2, he collapsed and surrendered to the 23-year-old Australian’s appetite.
In the 3rd round of his hometown Major, Popirin meets the American Ben Shelton.
Source: Tennis24
Source: sport 24
