ATP: Victory in sight: Mischa Zverev gives up against Struff

Bitter end in Shanghai: With the victory before his eyes, Mischa Zverev had to give up the second duel with “Davis Cup hero” Jan-Lennard Struff within nine days.

In the first round of the Masters Tournament in Shanghai, 30-year-old Zverev (Hamburg) beat the Warsteiner, who is three years younger, 6-3,5-2 before his circulation seems to have broken down.After four lost games, Zverev finished the match prematurely with a score of 5:6.

The world rankings-58.Struff, who will face US open finalist Kevin Anderson (South Africa/No. 11) in round two, did not go down as a loser for the first time in the third duel with Zverev, who was up 31 places.Last week in Beijing, Zverev won 5:7,6:4,6:4,6:4 against Struff.

Alexander Zverev (Hamburg/No. 3) will only intervene in the penultimate 1000cc tournament of the season in the second round, where the world ranked fourth place winner will be confronted with the British Aljaz Bedene.

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In mid-September, Struff secured the German Davis Cup team a five-set victory over the Portuguese Joao Sousa to remain in the World Group, but then retired from the group in Chengdu and Beijing.Both Zverev brothers had renounced the fight for class retention with the DTB team.