Sascha Zverev having fun with his girlfriend Brenda Patea before playing Cecchinato in AO debut. VIDEO

MELBOURNE ORDER OF PLAY. Alexander Zverev, Marco Cecchinato, and will play on Monday

Sascha Zverev and girlfriend Brenda Patea

Sascha Zverev is about to commence his Australian Open run against Marco Cecchinato hoping to recover from his below-par start of the season. The German sensation lost all of his first 3 matches during the ATP Cup succumbing to his nerves and a score of double faults.

Sascha and Brenda

At least Sascha’s off-court life is going particularly well as the German is enjoying a great relationship with his new stunning girlfriend Brenda Patea. The model has been following Sascha all over the world for the last few months and she didn’t miss the chance of being with her boyfriend also during the Australian Open.

Here a nice video of Brenda having fun with Sascha.

Alexander Zverev vs. Marco Cecchinato

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Back to tennis, these are the key info about Sascha’s next match.

Alexander Zverev will compete against Marco Cecchinato in the 1st round for the 1st time in their career.

Alexander Zverev: ranking and results

Ranked no. 7, Zverev will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in the Atp Cup where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Shapovalov in the round robin the 7th of January.

Zverev has a 0-3 win-loss record in 2020, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Alexander lost in the 4th round 6-1 6-1 7-65 to Milos Raonic. Zverev conquered the title at the Australian Open (juniors) in 2014.

Marco Cecchinato: ranking and results

Ranked no. 76, Cecchinato will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in Auckland where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Humbert in the 2nd round the 15th of January.

Marco has a 1-2 win-loss record in 2020, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open The Italian capitulated in the 1st round 4-6 0-6 6-1 7-68 6-4 to Filip Krajinovic.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Marco Cecchinato since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.