Världstrean Zverev utslagen ur Wimbledon
En ny stor stjärna är utslagen ur Wimbledon. Världstrean Alexander Zverev förlorade kvällens match mot Arthur Rinderknech och är därmed utslagen ur Wimbledon.
Rinderknech, som är rankad 72, vann med setsiffrorna 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4.
– Jag vet inte ens var jag ska börja. Den här publiken är helt otrolig. Mina ben skakar fortfarande. Jag är så känslomässig nu, säger Rinderknech enligt Expressen.
Detta gör matchen till en av Rinderknechs största i karriären, skriver The Guardian.
Sedan tidigare är Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev, Jessica Pegula och Holger Rune utslagna i årets upplaga.
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Alexander Zverev
Wikipedia (en)
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (German pronunciation: [alɛkˈsandɐ ˈzaʃa ˈtsfeːʁɛf]; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player and the current world No. 3. He has won 24 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and has been runner-up at three majors. His career highlights include a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and titles at the 2018 and the 2021 ATP Finals. Zverev is also the only player to have beaten both Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros and Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.
Zverev is a former junior world No. 1, and won a junior major singles title at the 2014 Australian Open. He had an early breakthrough on the professional tour as well, becoming one of the youngest Challenger Tour title winners in history at the age of 17. As a teenager, Zverev won two ATP titles and upset then-world No. 3 Roger Federer on grass. At 20 years old, he became the youngest player to debut in the top 20 since Novak Djokovic. At the Laver Cup, Zverev has played an instrumental role in Team Europe's early success in the competition, winning the clinching matches in 2018 and 2019. After reaching his career-best results in 2021 and 2022, he suffered an ankle injury at the French Open, from which he recovered to re-enter the top 10 the following year.
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