The tennis world didn’t want him at Indian Wells, and it’s gone. A sensational failure

Many experts believed that (3rd ATP) in Indian Wells should not exist at all. Tennis authorities decided not to suspend him after he attacked a referee in Acapulco. The German tennis player began hitting the racket on the stool near the referee’s legs. Alessandro Germani fled the court terrified. The tournament organizers kicked Zverev out of the singles competition in Acapulco.

Zverev’s sensational failure

Part of the tennis community was outraged by the low penalty that befell the 24-year-old tennis player. Zverev was not disqualified for longer, and in recent days he represented Germany in the Davis Cup against Brazil. Now the German started in the tournament in Indian Wells and was seeded with “3” and thus had a bye in the first round.

In the 1/32 finals, the German’s rival was American Tommy Paul (39th ATP). Zverev started the duel terribly, because he lost his application in the first game. In the fifth game, the Olympic gold medalist from Tokyo was broken again and he lost the set smoothly – 2: 6. He won only 10 percent. points after the second pass.

In the second game, the favorite started to play better. In the tenth game, for the first time in the match, she broke Paul’s service and this decided about his victory 6: 4. In the third set, Zverev missed a good chance of winning. He was leading 4: 2. A moment later, however, he lost his application in a somewhat bizarre way. In his service game, he had as many as four double service errors.

Then there was a tie-break. The American was definitely better in it and won it 7: 2.

Zverev had more winners (26-21), but also more natural mistakes (25-19). The German also won only 35 percent. points after the second pass, and Paul as much as 67%.

It was the second match of these players and the American’s second victory. He also won in Acapulco in 2020 6: 3, 6: 4. For the first time in his career, he defeated a player with such a high position in the ATP ranking. So far, he has won four times against the players in the top 10.

Paul in the 1/16 finals in Indian Wells will face Australian Alex De Minaur (31st ATP).