Mischa Zverev retired at the start of the ATP Masters in Paris and lost his second consecutive first-round defeat. The world rankings-32. was defeated by the South Korean Hyeon Chung (ATP-no. 55) after only 57 minutes clearly with 0:6,2:6.
The older of the two Zverev brothers missed a second round duel with the top seeded Rafael Nadal (Spain).
Peter Gojowczyk, who came into the main draw as Lucky Loser and took his chance on Monday, was a surprise. The Munich, number 62 in the ATP ranking, beat Ryan Harrison (USA) 7:6 (7:5), 6:3, in the 17th place. In the match for the jump into the last 16 of the Euro 4.51 million indoor tournament, the Austrian Dominic Thiem (No. 5) waits for Gojowczyk.
From a German point of view, Alexander Zverev (No. 4) and qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff (Warstein) will also be competing at the last Masters of the year. The 20-year-old Zverev, who has already won the 1,000cc events in Rome and Montreal this season, has been playing for the ATP finale of the top eight players in London for some time now (12th place in 2017). till 19. November). He has a walk-through in the first round of Paris.
Grand Slam record winner Roger Federer had to cancel his participation at short notice due to a back injury. The world rankings runner-up from Switzerland had won his home tournament in Basel for the eighth time on Sunday and celebrated his 95th birthday. I won the title on the tour.