{"id":1920,"date":"2025-04-14T17:03:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/84news.top\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:03:17","slug":"zverev-shakes-off-recent-funk-to-beat-muller-in-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/zverev-shakes-off-recent-funk-to-beat-muller-in-munich\/","title":{"rendered":"Zverev shakes off recent funk to beat Muller in Munich"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The German lost his opener at last week’s Monte Carlo Masters to Italian Matteo Berrettini, missing the chance to bump Jannik Sinner from the world the No 1 position.<\/p>\n

Instead, that defeat and the Carlos Alcaraz’s victory in the final on Sunday saw Zverev dropping down a place in the rankings and dented his preparations for next month’s French Open.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Zverev broke his opponent in the first game. Muller broke back at 3-3 before Zverev recovered to win the set in 47 minutes. <\/p>\n

The number one seed found his rhythm in the second, breaking his opponent three times. <\/p>\n

The 27-year-old completed victory in one hour and 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Zverev has played six tournaments since losing the Australian Open final in three sets to Sinner in January, but has not made it past the quarter-finals at any. <\/p>\n

“I’m very happy with the match,” Zverev told Sky Germany: “I want to play my best tennis again – and this was a very good step in the right direction.”<\/p>\n

Since winning back-to-back titles in Munich in 2017 and 2018, Zverev has not made it past the final eight.<\/p>\n

He will face either countryman Daniel Altmaier or Taiwan’s Tseng Chun-hsin in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Monday, world number 15 Ben Shelton made a stuttering start to the tournament, coming from a set down to beat world number 410 Borna Gojo 4-6, 7-6 (8\/6), 7-6 (7-3).<\/p>\n

Shelton, seeded second in Munich, fought off three match points, winning both of his sets via tiebreak in two hours and 24 minutes. <\/p>\n

Defending champion Jan-Lennard Struff, who beat American Taylor Fritz in the final last season, opens his campaign against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2025 AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Munich (Germany) (AFP) \u2013 <\/span> World number three Alexander Zverev got his clay court season back on track with a 6-4, 6-1 over Frenchman Alexandre Muller in the first round of the ATP event in Munich on Monday. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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