BMW Open: Tennis star Alexander Zverev promises Munich to start until the end of his career!

A promise for the future!

Tennis-Superstar Alexander Zverev (26) starts on Wednesday (around 13:00/live on Sky and BR24.de) against Austria’s Jurij Rodionov (24/ATP No. 118). BMW Open.

2021 Olympic champion: “It’s the tenth time I’m playing here in Munich. Since 2014, I’ve never skipped a beat. And I hope never in my career.”

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Zverev wants to go to Munich for the ATP tournament forever (from 2025 in the 500 category) come!

He won two of his 21 ATP titles at Aumeister: in 2017 and 2018. After that, it ended twice in the quarter-finals, in 2022 and 2023 even at the beginning of the second round.

Zverev promises: Munich until the end of his career!

Zverev: “The last two years have not been very successful, I want to change that and fight for the title again!”

His fiercest competitor is Holger Rune (20/ATP No. 12). The Dane is the defending champion and also won in 2022.

Zverev looked in good shape and well-rested on Tuesday afternoon – perfect conditions for a championship attack in Munich! He gushed four days before his 27th birthday (Saturday): “I love being a tennis player!”

Despite the difficult conditions (7 degrees Celsius and winds of up to 35 km/h), things went well for him in his underwear during lunchtime training on the exhibition grounds with his Davis Cup teammate Jan-Lennard Struff (33/No . 28).

On Sunday it was still sunny at Aumeister in Munich - Tuesday was very windy — On Sunday it was still sunny at Aumeister in Munich – Tuesday was very windy

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Struff: “It was not easy, very cold, the wind was very strong. But we still managed a good wind training session.

There were still many spectators on the sand court in front of the MTTC Iphitos clubhouse. “Struffi”: “There were a lot of people there during the training with Sascha, it was great! This shows the passion here – also from many children.”

Even younger fans can look forward to many more years with Zverev after the promise of Munich …

Two more Germans were eliminated in the first round on Tuesday:

► Maximilian Marterer (28/No. 101) was a little disappointed: The man from Nuremberg lost 7:6, 6:7, 6:7 against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (23/No. 34) in 3.24 hours.

► Dominik Koepfer (29/No. 54) from Furtwangen lost to 2019 winner Cristian Garin (27/No. 106) from Chile 6:7, 3:6.