Alexander Zverev attended Hamburg Open 2025 as the brightest candidate for the championship. This expectation was strengthened more firmly after the world's No. 1 player Jannik Sinner withdrew from the tournament.
However, Zverev has just disappointed the fans. After defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic in the opening match, the German player had just encountered Alexandre Muller (40th world) in the second round. Before his opponent once again defeated his generals in April this year, he lost bitterly.
This match, Zverev was not good when he lost 3-6 in set 1. Set 2, he quickly regained his spirit and defeated Muller with a score of 6-4 to bring the match back to the starting line. However, in the set of 3 decisions, the No. 1 seed lost 5-7 unfortunate on the brain tie-break series.
Speaking after the match, Zverev had explanations of his failure. He revealed that he was seriously ill before the competition.
“The fact is that I vomited 37 times and fever 39.4 degrees all night. If even that, my performance today is still quite good. I think only two players around the world will play today (with such health conditions). I am one of them and feel really proud of that,” Zverev said.
The No. 1 seed also did not forget to praise Muller: “I think I have played a good and sure match. However, he realized that I was not well and then continued to pull the scores into a durable ball. He was really smart.”
Thus, Zverev had to stop right in the second round of Hamburg Open. Meanwhile, Muller is present in the quarterfinals and will face Felix Auger -anssime, who surpassed Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard with a score of 6-2, 6-4.
