Athletistic/Tennis. The 2020 Olympic champion and former world number two, German tennis player Alexander Zverev successfully started his career at the Masters tournament in Cincinnati (USA), beating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (world number 19) in the first round on the score of 6:2, 6:2.

The duration of the match was 1 hour 13 minutes. Zverev hit seven bats and double faulted, while Dimitrov failed to bat once but double faulted eight. Oleksandr’s first-serve percentage far exceeded Grigor’s (67% vs. 49%).

Zverev converted four out of eight break points, while the Bulgarian didn’t take advantage of either break point. In both sets, Alexander made two breaks.

At the next stage of the Masters tournament, Zverev will meet Japanese tennis player Yoshihito Nishioka (45th racket in the world). Currently, the German athlete is in 17th place in the world rankings.

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