In his first Grand Slam tournament as the top seed, Alexander Zverev had all that he could handle with Lorenzo Sonego in the opening round of the US Open.
Zverev has never lost to Sonego in his career, in six prior meetings, before this year's US Open.
He cruised through the first set before dropping the second and third. Zverev was two points from being ousted from the tournament in the fourth set.
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It is a massive credit to both Zverev and Sonego's athleticism that both played a high level of tennis until the bitter end which was at nearly 2 AM EDT.
#zverev #grand
Zverev has never lost to Sonego in his career, in six prior meetings, before this year's US Open.
He cruised through the first set before dropping the second and third. Zverev was two points from being ousted from the tournament in the fourth set.
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It is a massive credit to both Zverev and Sonego's athleticism that both played a high level of tennis until the bitter end which was at nearly 2 AM EDT.
#zverev #grand
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