After waiting an extra day to get on court at the BMW Open, Alexander Zverev's tournament was ended in straight sets by Australia's Christopher O'Connell as the tournament's top seed Holger Rune won his opening match.
Zverev, a former world No.3, had a first-round bye and his second-round match with O'Connell was delayed a day after rain washed out most of Thursday's schedule.
Playing O'Connell, the world No.82, in cold conditions in front of a German crowd huddled in thick coats, Zverev never built much momentum and struggled to land his first serves as he was defeated 7-6 (2), 6-4.
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“It’s definitely tough playing Zverev here in front of the home crowd,” the 28-year-old Australian said in his on-court interview. "This is the coldest weather I’ve ever played in. It’s tough, took me a while to get warmed up.”
The win over Zverev is O'Connell's second over a top-20 ranked opponent in his career. He will face qualifier Flavio Cobolli in the quarter-finals.
Rune secured a spot in the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Yannick Hanfmann and next plays Chilean clay-court specialist Cristian Garin. Rune is aiming to follow up his strong start to the clay season after he was runner-up to Andrey Rublev in Monaco last week. Garin beat sixth-seeded Lorenzo Sonego 6-3, 7-6 (3).
There were wins too for the second-seeded Taylor Fritz, who beat Marton Fucsovics 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, and fourth-seeded Botic van de Zandschulp, who defeated Aslan Karatsev 6-2, 6-0.
Dominic Thiem’s match with Marc-Andrea Huesler was suspended because of darkness. The winner faces Fritz in the quarter-finals.
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After waiting an extra day to get on court at the BMW Open, Alexander Zverev's tournament was ended in straight sets by Australia's Christopher O'Connell as the tournament's top seed Holger Rune won his opening match.
Zverev, a former world No.3, had a first-round bye and his second-round match with O'Connell was delayed a day after rain washed out most of Thursday's schedule.
Playing O'Connell, the world No.82, in cold conditions in front of a German crowd huddled in thick coats, Zverev never built much momentum and struggled to land his first serves as he was defeated 7-6 (2), 6-4.
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“It’s definitely tough playing Zverev here in front of the home crowd,” the 28-year-old Australian said in his on-court interview. "This is the coldest weather I’ve ever played in. It’s tough, took me a while to get warmed up.”
The win over Zverev is O'Connell's second over a top-20 ranked opponent in his career. He will face qualifier Flavio Cobolli in the quarter-finals.
Rune secured a spot in the quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Yannick Hanfmann and next plays Chilean clay-court specialist Cristian Garin. Rune is aiming to follow up his strong start to the clay season after he was runner-up to Andrey Rublev in Monaco last week. Garin beat sixth-seeded Lorenzo Sonego 6-3, 7-6 (3).
There were wins too for the second-seeded Taylor Fritz, who beat Marton Fucsovics 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, and fourth-seeded Botic van de Zandschulp, who defeated Aslan Karatsev 6-2, 6-0.
Dominic Thiem’s match with Marc-Andrea Huesler was suspended because of darkness. The winner faces Fritz in the quarter-finals.
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