Adria Cup: Alexander Zverev loses against Andrey Rublev
Alexander Zverev also missed the final at the second stop of the Adria Cup: German number one was defeated by Andrey Rublev in Zadar with 2: 4 and 1: 4.
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Jun 21, 2020, 04:38 pm
The Fast 4 format would suit the good servers, it is commonly said. And on good days Alexander Zverev even falls into the "very good server" category. However, this often requires an intensive training phase, like last year between the Cincinnati tournament and the US Open. Or at the beginning of 2020 after the rather unconvincing appearances at the ATP Cup and the subsequent entry into the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament.
The importance of the Adria Cup cannot be compared with any of the events mentioned, but the importance of the serve for the game of Alexander Zverev was also clearly evident on Sunday in Zadar in the 2: 4 and 1: 4 against Andrey Rublev. Zverev had already struggled against Danilo Petrovic (defeat in two sets) and Marin Cilic (victory in three) with partly strange trajectories of his service on Saturday, neither was Rublev with the usual dominance.
And so it will be the Russian who will play against Novak Djokovic for the victory at the second stop on the Adriatic tour on Sunday evening. Djokovic had tearfully said goodbye to his home crowd in Belgrade the previous week - because it wasn't him but Filip Krajinovic who had reached the final. There Krajinovic found his master in Dominic Thiem, who is not at the start in Zadar.