ATP: Alexander Zverev in Shanghai on Federer branch

For Germany’s number one, the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Shanghai continues.Alexander Zverev can play free.

By 2016, Alexander Zverev had already planned his preparation for the upcoming tennis year at this time of the year, almost completing his season.After the ATP World Tour 250 tournament in Stockholm, the tournament was over, and soon after that, fitness guru Jez Green took over.There is no mention of this in the current campaign, the German number one has great plans, and the place at the ATP World Tour Finals in London is reserved for the native of Hamburg.

That one at the #NextGen-Masters anyway, still a clear announcement of Zverevs is missing, if he really wants to give himself both events.

Next week, however, things will continue in Shanghai, and Zverev is in third place in the 1000th position of the year.The defeat against Nick Kyrgios will worm the 20-year-old for a few more days, even though the Australian has caught an incredible day as a serve.Nevertheless, Zverev was worth a good material test because the decisive break in the second set was ultimately sealed by a double fault.

Alexander Zverev didn’t treat the draw in Shanghai unpleasantly, after a walk-through, it’s either against Paolo Lorenzi or Aljaz Bedene, two players who can’t keep up with the pace of the German.Then Juan Martin del Potro could wait, provided the Argentinean is in his US open form.Andrey Rublev would also be an option, Zverev defeated the Russians in Beijing in the quarter-finals without any problems.

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Should the tournament develop according to the settlement, Zverev would meet Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals, only for the second time in 2017.The only meeting was in Rotterdam, Zverev spoke after his defeat of the worst match of the year so far young.Roger Federer could wait in the semi-finals.By the way, this was no longer active one year ago – Federer’s preparation for 2017 was even longer than that of Alexander Zverev.Not voluntarily, though.

Here the single panel in Shanghai