Alexander Zverev had a complicated 1st round win against the world no.75 Marcos Giron. The German ace lost the opening set and he had to win the second set at the breaker to avoid facing a tough deficit. Eventually, he found the solution to win in 4 sets, but something wasn’t right.
Zverev about his injury
After his match, Sascha admitted that he was struggling with his body, which prevented him from serving at his very best. He commented:
“I have something with my abdominal muscle. It hurts during the serve. Back and muscle there will be fine in 1,2 days. But I have to take care of my abdominal muscle. I don’t want it to get worse”
Zverev at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2021
Currently the world no.7, Zverev owns a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2021. Alexander is now playing at the Australian Open where he defeated Marcos Giron 6-78 7-64 6-3 6-2.
The German won 13 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 5 on clay courts and 5 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Marcos Giron in 2021
Now the world no.75, Marcos played his last match on the 8th of February when he was overcome by Alexander Zverev 6-7(8) 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round of the Australian Open (draw).
This season the American has a composed 2-2 record.
Alexander Zverev and Marcos Giron fought against each other only 1 time. Their current head to head is 1-0 for Zverev. When they played, Alexander Zverev won 6-7(8) 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 8th of February 2021.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
Alexander Zverev vs Marcos Giron |
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