Video tennis Cilic – Zverev: The defending champion started the match, excellent upstream (2nd round of Madrid Open)

(Tennis video, tennis results, Marin Cilic – Alexander Zverev, Madrid Open men’s singles second round) The defending champion of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Spain soon had a difficult time encountering the senior who won the Grand Slam.

Before going to Spain to defend the title ATP Masters 1000 holding, Alexander Zverev played badly and was soon eliminated in the second round of his home tournament at Bavarian International when he lost to his opponent under the Holger Rune 6-7 (4), 3-6.

Alexander Zverev won 6 of 7 times against Marin Cilic before the match in the second round of Madrid Open 2022

Difficulties came to the owner of the Tokyo Olympic men’s singles gold medal when he had to face Marin Cilic, the former 2014 US Open champion right in the opening match in the 2nd round (was exempt from round 1) at this year’s Madrid Open on main courtyard named legend tennis Spain Manolo Santana.

Despite winning the first break thanks to Cilic’s double serve error in the 5th game, Zverev was forced to break in the 8th game for a backhand that went into the net and was equalized 4-4 in the first set. The German 2nd seed again disappointed when he made a disastrous double serve error while he was 30-40 in the 10th game, causing him to lose 4-6 in the first set.

But in the second set, Zverev played better. The two-time Madrid Masters champion (2018 and 2021) broke Cilic’s serve game thanks to his opponent’s backhand mistake to soon take a 2-1 lead.

Luck also smiled at Zverev when in the 10th game, in the middle of a 30-40 lead, he saved a break point thanks to a hit into the net that sent the ball into the opponent’s court. After having a favorable point in this game, the third-ranked player in the world served a dangerous ball, forcing Cilic to pay a failure to help him win 6-4 in the second set to level the match score to 1-1.

At the beginning of the third set, Zverev soon had a break after Cilic served the ball and impatiently changed direction but hid in the net. The 25-year-old defended this advantage before taking the decisive point with an ace into the T-corner in the 10th game.

Defeating Marin Cilic 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 after 2 hours and 16 minutes of play, second seed Alexander Zverev entered the third round of this year’s Madrid Open men’s singles, where the defending champion will meet the winner. in the match between Sebastian Korda (USA) and Lorenzo Musetti (Italy).

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