After more than half a year without official competition, the German racket returned to the courts and did so with a resounding victory that shows that his injury is in the past and that in 2023 he is going for everything
It was on June 3 of this year in the Roland Garros when Alexander Zverev he had to withdraw from the match and from the French competition due to injury. The German tennis player’s doctors confirmed that it was a rupture in the ligaments of the right ankleand later determined that his leave time would be 5 to 6 months.
We are already in the last month of the year and indeed the bavarian tennis player he’s already in top shape. This was demonstrated by her in the Diriyah Tennis Cup which is taking place in Saudi Arabia. Top level tennis players such as: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Taylor Fritz, Matteo Berrettini and nick kyrgios.
The first defeated by Alexander Zverev
The Diriyah Tennis Cup will take place from December 8 to 10, and in this first round that has already been played there were 4 exciting matches, including that of the German tennis player. This faced the current number 113 of the ATP Ranking, we are talking about the Austrian Dominic Thiem, who was number 3 in 2020.
The match between Zverev and Thiem was the last of the day, and it ended with a 10-8 and 10-7 in favor of the Bavarian. During the game it was possible to verify that the Teuton had already overcome the injury to his ankle, since he made great displays and made quite agile changes of pace. The decision not to return to the courts in November was for the best.
Alexander Zverev’s next opponent in the Diriyah Tennis Cup 2022
The competition in Arab lands began with 12 tennis players, of which 4 already had a direct pass to the quarterfinals. In the case of the German tennis player, he had to play from the round of 16 and now his next rival is his almost compatriot Daniil Medvedev, who, thanks to his fourth position in the ATP Ranking, already had the privilege of being one round later.
After the first day, the quarterfinals have been made up as follows: Rublev – Wawrinka, Tsitsipas – Norrie, Fritz-Hurkacz and Medvedev -Zverev. As it is a lucrative exhibition tournament, the prizes for the first places are very juicy. One million dollars for the champion, half a million for the finalist and 250,000 if the semifinals are reached.