#NextGenATP German Alexander Zverev showed his home fans precisely why much of the tennis world believes he'll reach the top of the ATP World Tour in the near future. After a slow start, the 20 year old rolled through the BMW Open by FWU final on Sunday in Munich, winning 10 of the final 13 games to beat Argentine Guido Pella 6-4, 6-3. The title is Zverev's second of the season and his third in the past nine months. The 6'6” right-hander won the St. Petersburg Open last September (d. Wawrinka) and the Open Sud de France crown earlier this year in February (d. Gasquet). Zverev becomes the sixth player to have won at least two titles this season. Player...
Watch Sascha Zverev blast a forehand past Roberto Bautista Agut in this Hot Shot from the BMW Open by FWU on Saturday in Munich. Video courtesy BMW Open by FWU. Getty Images photo.
#NextGenATP German Alexander Zverev will go for his first title on home soil after beating second seed Roberto Bautista Agut 7-5, 7-5 on Saturday in the semi-finals of the BMW Open by FWU in Munich. Zverev will be playing in his fifth career ATP World Tour final and his second of the season. The 6'6” right-hander will try to claim the third title of his young career, after winning his maiden crown last September at the St. Petersburg Open (d. Wawrinka) and claiming the Montpellier title earlier this year in February (d. Gasquet). “Obviously Roberto is a very tough opponent on any surface, but especially on clay. So I'm very happy to get through that one and I'm very happy...
Watch highlights of Dominic Thiem, #NextGenATP star Alexander Zverev and Kevin Anderson advancing at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell on Tuesday. Watch live matches at tennistv.com. Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell photo.
#NextGenATP wild card Alexander Zverev kept his nerve to fight back from a 1-3 deficit in the deciding set to beat 2013 finalist Nicolas Almagro 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4 on Tuesday for a place in the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell third round. Almagro led 40/0 in the final game, but two sloppy backhand drop shots let Zverev back into the 12-point game en route to the German’s 14th match win of the year. Zverev, the leader of the Emirates ATP Race to Milan for a place at the #NextGenATP Finals in Milan, from 7-11 November, will next face #NextGenATP Hyeon Chung or No. 12 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber. Chung knocked out Denis Istomin 6-4, 6-4. Read: Zverev Seeks Nadal Redemption Fourth seed...