Tennis Olympic champion Alexander Zverev has reached the semi-final at the ATP tournament in Monte Carlo. The 24-year-old defeated on Friday in a heated atmosphere Jannik Sinner from Italy with 5: 7, 6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 5) and may continue to hope for his first tournament victory this year. After 3:07 hours Zverev turned his first match ball in the duel two struck players, in the meantime, the hamburger hit once from below.

• Schwartzman or TsitsiPas wait
• Strong start of Zverev without coronation
• Set 3 unbelievable impact exchange – surcharge from below

“That means a lot for me, especially as this year has ran for me so far. I lost many of these games,” Zverev said to his victory. “That’s in mind, this victory will definitely help me.” In the meantime he had to be treated on the right thigh. “We have to see,” Zverev said about the further effects. The subsequent double with his Brazilian partner Marcelo Melo he did not let himself know, but also stepped on this duel later.

Schwartzman or TsitsiPas wait

After the early from the world’s world ranking Novak Djokovic, ZVEREV is the highest placed professional in the Masters-1000 Sand Place Tournament doped with around 5.2 million euros. In the round of the best four he meets on Saturday either on Diego Schwartzman from Argentina or the Greek Stefanos TsitsiPas. This season Zverev has so far been in the final of Montpellier.

Strong start of Zverev without coronation

Against Sinner, the best German tennis player caught the better start, was fast with 4: 1 in front and dominated with a pruning attack game. Supposed by the majority of fans on the Court Rainier III, however, Sinner fought back. At the stand of 5: 5, the South Tyrolean used his fourth breakball in this game and closed the sentence a little later per ass.

Set 3 unbelievable impact exchange – surcharge from below

The rhythm at Zverev was initially away. However, the impact loss to the 1: 2 equal to the hamburgers directly again, was treated at the foot of 3: 2 for a long time on the right thigh. Sinner had to fight with a bubble on the big toe. During the ball change, both players were barely noticeable their blessings, at a high level Zverev brought himself to the second round.

The world ranking crystal seemed to have control. When he served from below, the audience hired him – but already before the sympathies were clearly distributed in the audience in favor of Sinner. Twice Zverev was with break in front, sinner did not stop. The Tie-Break remained tight, a backhand mistake from Sinner made the success of Zverev perfect.